Alexander of Aphrodisias, On the soul
Subtitle: Soul as form of the body, parts of the soul, nourishment, and perception
By: translated, with an introduction and commentary, by Victor Caston
Contributors: Caston, Victor Miles, 1963-
Series: Ancient commentators on Aristotle; Ancient commentators on Aristotle
Publisher: Bristol Classical Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 248
ISBN-13: 9781780930244
Subjects: Soul; Early works to 1800
Other titles: Soul as form of the body, parts of the soul, nourishment and perception
Work titles: De anima
Description: This is Part I of the first English translation of the philosopher Alexander of Aphrodisias' treatise "On the Soul."
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [169]-176) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: What is the soul's essence?; title: Bodies act and are modified in virtue of non-bodily items; title: The demonstration that the soul is a form; title: 'In something' [is said] in how many ways?; title: The soul is inseparable from the body whose soul it is; title: The soul is not one of the simple bodies; title: The soul itself just on its own is unchangeable; title: The soul is not a harmony; title: The parts of the soul : how many and which ones?; title: That there are not infinitely many powers of the soul; title: There are two kinds of nourishment; title: On the activity of being nourished; title: Heat is the soul's tool for nourishing (oneself); title: Why parts detached from plants live and develop, while those from animals no longer do; title: On the soul for perceiving; title: On what is intrinsically and extrinsically perceptible; title: How there comes to be light in the transparent.