On Aristotle on the soul 1.1-2
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On Aristotle on the soul 1.1-2
（Ancient commentators on Aristotle）
Bloomsbury, 2014, c2005
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Philoponus : On Aristotle on the soul 1.1-2
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [145]-161) and indexes
"First published in 2005 by Gerald Duckworth & Co. Ltd., Paperback edition first published 2014"--T.p. verso
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This text by Philoponus, the sixth-century commentator on Aristotle, is notable for its informative introduction to psychology, which tells us the views of Philoponus, of his teacher and of later Neoplatonists on our psychological capacities and on mind-body relations. There is an unusual account of how reason can infer a universally valid conclusion from a single instance, and there are inherited views on the roles of intellect and perception in concept formation, and on the human ability to make reasoned decisions, celebrated by Aristotle, but here downgraded. Philoponus attacks Galen's view that psychological capacities follow, or result from, bodily chemistry; they merely supervene on that and can be counteracted. He has benefited from Galen's knowledge of the brain and nerves, but also propounds the Neoplatonist belief in tenuous bodies which after death support our irrational souls temporarily, or our reason eternally.
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Preface
Introduction
Textual Emendations
TRANSLATION
Notes
Bibliography English-Greek
Glossary Greek-English Index
Index of Passages Cited
Subject
Index
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