Aristotle on sleep and dreams : a text and translation with introduction, notes and glossary
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Aristotle on sleep and dreams : a text and translation with introduction, notes and glossary
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Aris & Phillips, c1996
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On sleep and dreams
Parva naturalia
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Parallel English and Greek text of selected Parva naturalia; study and notes in English
First published: Peterborough : Broadview Press, 1991
Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-196) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This work is designed to make Aristotle's three essays on sleep and dreams (De Somno et Vigilia, De Insomniis and De Divinatione per Somnum) accessible in translation to modern readers, and to provide a commentary with a contemporary perspective. It considers Aristotle's theory of dreams in historical context, especially in relation to Plato. It also discusses neo-Freudian interpretations of Aristotle and contemporary experimental psychology of dreaming. Aristotle's account of dreaming as a function of the imagination is examined from a philosophical perspective. Greek text, with facing-page English translation, introduction, notes and commentary.
Table of Contents
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
PREFACE
NOTE ON THE TEXT AND TRANSLATION
ABBREVIATIONS
INTRODUCTION
1. Aristotle's Life and Work
2. The Parva Naturalia
3. The Greek concept of Dreaming
4. Plato's Legacy
5. The De Somno and the De Insomniis
6. Dreams and the Imagination
7. Dreaming and Teleology
8. The Function of Dreams
9. Aristotle and Freud
10. Dreams and the 'Daemonic'
11. Aristotle and Malcolm
12. Conclusion
TEXT AND TRANSLATION
On Sleeping and Waking
On Dreams
On Divination through Sleep
NOTES
On Sleeping and Waking
On Dreams
On Divination through Sleep
APPENDIX - Aristotle's Historia Animalium, IV. 10
GLOSSARY
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INDEX
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