The Soul and Its Instrumental Body: A Reinterpretation of Aristotle's Philosophy of Living NatureFor more than 1800 years it has been supposed that Aristotle viewed the soul as the entelechy of the visible body which is 'equipped with organs'. This book argues that in actual fact he saw the soul as the entelechy of a natural body 'that serves as its instrument'. This correction puts paid to W. Jaeger's hypothesis of a three-phase development in Aristotle. The author of this book defends the unity of Aristotle's philosophy of living nature in De anima, in the biological treatises, and in the lost dialogues. Aristotle should therefore be regarded as the author of the notion of the 'vehicle of the soul' and of a 'non-Platonic' dualism. The current understanding of his influence on Hellenistic philosophy needs to change accordingly. |
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Contents
Introduction | 1 |
The modern debate on Aristotles psychology | 13 |
Pneuma as the organon of the soul in De motu | 31 |
What body is suitable for receiving the soul | 47 |
Aristotles new psychology in De anima II 12 | 69 |
The soul in its instrumental body as the sailor in | 123 |
Aristotles problems with the standard psycho | 136 |
in two? | 145 |
Aristotles lost works the consequences | 230 |
The information on Aristotles Eudemus | 238 |
The fifth element as the substance of | 258 |
The comparison of the steersman and his ship | 304 |
The souls bondage according to a lost work | 315 |
The integration of the psychology of Aristotles | 358 |
Final considerations and conclusions | 374 |
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Fire above the relation of the soul to the body | 183 |
Pneuma and the theory of soul in De mundo | 210 |
The ultimate problem how did Aristotle relate | 216 |
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| Title | The Soul and Its Instrumental Body: A Reinterpretation of Aristotle's Philosophy of Living Nature Volume 112 of Brill's studies in intellectual history |
| Author | A. P. Bos |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | BRILL, 2003 |
| ISBN | 9004130160, 9789004130166 |
| Length | 429 pages |
| Subjects | › › Architecture / Interior Design / General Philosophy / History & Surveys / Medieval Philosophy / Movements / Humanism |
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