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For the Pre-Socratic philosophers the soul was the source of movement and sensation, while for Plato it was the seat of being, metaphysically distinct from the body that it was forced temporarily to inhabit. Plato's student Aristotle was determined to test the truth of both these... Read Full Overview

A complete translation of Aristotle's classic work De Anima supplemented with well-chosen notes and a comprehensive introduction. Also commonly translated as On the Soul, this work is a seminal work from the roots of Classical thinking on the nature of life and the lifeforce... Read Full Overview

is a major treatise by Aristotle on the nature of living things. His discussion centres on the kinds of souls possessed by different kinds of living things, distinguished by their different operations. Thus plants have the capacity for nourishment and reproduction, the minimum... Read Full Overview

The De Anima (On the Soul) is the first and most general of Aristotle's biological works and as such is the most important work in the study of nature after the Physics of Aristotle. It is presupposed to Aristotle's Sense and the Sensible, Memory and Reminiscence,... Read Full Overview

"The De Anima (On the Soul) is the first and most general of Aristotle's biological works and as such is the most important work in the study of nature after the Physics of Aristotle. It is presupposed to Aristotle's Sense and the Sensible, Memory and Reminiscence, and his many... Read Full Overview

L'ame occupe un statut a part dans la pensee aristotelicienne dans la mesure ou elle releve a la fois de la physique et de la metaphysique. Pour le choix des categories et des classifications, le probleme de cette notion charniere est tout aussi complexe qu'interessant. Caracteristique... Read Full Overview

The Clarendon Aristotle Series is designed for both students and professionals. It provides accurate translations of selected Aristotelian texts, accompanied by incisive commentaries that focus on philosophical problems and issues, The volumes in the series have been widely welcomed... Read Full Overview

Written in 350 BC, Aristotle's "De Anima" or "On the Soul" is not a work on spirituality, as the title would suggest, but rather a work that could be described as one of biopsychology, or a work on the subject of psychology from a biological perspective. Aristotle's exposition... Read Full Overview

Please note, this is the original Greek text.

Es costumbre de Arist teles (costumbre, por lo dem s, tan estimable como po-co com n) comenzar una obra ofreciendo la enumeraci n de todas aquellas cuestiones con que habr de enfrentarse a lo largo de toda ella. Un ndice se-mejante de cuestiones existe tambi n en el tratado... Read Full Overview

Originally published in 1907, this book contains the ancient Greek text of Aristotle's De Anima, his treatise on the differing souls of living things. An English translation is provided on each facing page, and Hicks supplies a very detailed commentary on each line at the end... Read Full Overview

This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc... Read Full Overview

If we have actually sensation of everything of which touch can give us sensation (for all the qualities of the tangible qua tangible are perceived by us through touch); and if absence of a sense necessarily involves absence of a sense-organ; and if all objects that we perceive... Read Full Overview

"Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence" - attributed to Aristotle Along with Plato and Socrates, Aristotle (384-322 B.C.) is one of the triumvirate of philosophers responsible for the establishment of Western philosophy as... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview

Questo libro presenta una traduzione e un commento di Georges Rodier al De Anima di Aristotele. Il De Anima uno dei trattati pi importanti di Aristotele e tratta della natura dell'anima. Il commento di Rodier particolarmente utile per i lettori che non hanno una conoscenza... Read Full Overview