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'Simplicius' : on Aristotle on the soul 3.6-13 / Simplicius ; translated by Carlos Steel in collaboration with Arnis Ritups.

Title
'Simplicius' : on Aristotle on the soul 3.6-13 / Simplicius ; translated by Carlos Steel in collaboration with Arnis Ritups.
Author
Simplicius, of Cilicia
Publication
Bristol : Bristol Classical, 2013.

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Additional Authors
  • Rītups, Arnis.
  • Steel, Carlos G.
  • Simplicius, of Cilicia
  • Priscianus, Lydus, active 6th century.
Description
230 p.; 24 cm.
Summary
"This is the fourth and last volume of the translation in this series of the commentary on Aristotle On the Soul, wrongly attributed to Simplicius. Its real author, most probably Priscian of Lydia, proves in this work to be an original philosopher who deserves to be studied, not only because of his detailed explanation of an often difficult Aristotelian text, but also because of his own psychological doctrines. In chapter six the author discusses the objects of the intellect. In chapters seven to eight he sees Aristotle as moving towards practical intellect, thus preparing the way for discussing what initiates movement in chapters nine to 11. His interpretation offers a brilliant investigation of practical reasoning and of the interaction between desire and cognition from the level of perception to the intellect. In the commentator's view, Aristotle in the last chapters (12-13) investigates the different type of organic bodies corresponding to the different forms of life (vegetative and sensory, from the most basic, touch, to the most complex)"--Bloomsbury Publishing website.
Series Statement
Ancient commentators on Aristotle
Uniform Title
  • Simplicii in libros Aristotelis De anima commentaria. Selections. English
  • Ancient commentators on Aristotle
Alternative Title
  • Simplicii in libros Aristotelis De anima commentaria.
  • On Aristotle on the soul 3.6-13
  • On the soul
Subject
  • Aristotle
  • Soul > Early works to 1800
Genre/Form
Early works
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [193]-199) and indexes.
Language (note)
  • Translated from the Ancient Greek.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Machine generated contents note: Philological Appendix -- Notes -- Bibliography -- English-Greek Glossary -- Greek-English Index.
ISBN
  • 9781780932088 (hbk.)
  • 1780932081 (hbk.)
OCLC
  • 820781655
  • SCSB-12240473
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library