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Author Johansen, T. K.

Title The powers of Aristotle's soul / by Thomas Kjeller Johansen
Published Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012

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Description 1 online resource (302 pages)
Series Oxford Aristotle studies
Oxford Aristotle studies.
Contents ""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Abbreviations of Aristotle�s Works""; ""Introduction""; ""1. Circumscribing the Soul: De Anima 1.1 and 2.1""; ""2. Towards a Scientific Definition of the Soul: DA II.2""; ""3. Parts and Unity in the Definition of the Soul""; ""4. The Definition of Dunamis""; ""5. The Priority of the Objects over the Capacities of the Soul""; ""6. The Importance of Nutrition""; ""7. The Soul as an Efficient Cause""; ""8. The Matter of the Soul�s Activities""; ""9. The Perceptual Capacity Extended""; ""10. Phantasia""
""11. The Intellect and the Limits of Naturalism""""12. The Locomotive Capacity""; ""13. The Descent from Definition: The Capacities of the Soul Applied""; ""14. The Capacities in the Parts and Lives of Animals""; ""Bibliography""; ""General Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Index Locorum""
Summary Thomas Kjeller Johansen presents a new account of Aristotle's major work on psychology, the De Anima. He argues that Aristotle explains a variety of psychological phenomena by reference to the soul's capacities, and considers how Aristotle adopts and adapts this theory in his later works
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Aristotle -- Psychology
SUBJECT Aristotle. fast (OCoLC)fst00029885
Subject Soul.
Mind and body.
Philosophy, Ancient.
PHILOSOPHY -- Movements -- Humanism.
Mind and body.
Philosophy, Ancient.
Psychology.
Soul.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780191633010
0191633011
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