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Zusatztext Hendrik Lorenz offers a challenging, tightly argued exploration of the non-rational parts of the soul in Plato and Aristotle... strongly recommended to those interested in Plato's reasons for dividing the soul and his thinking about non-rational motivation in such dialogues as Republic Timaeus and Philebus Informationen zum Autor Hendrik Lorenz is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Princeton University Klappentext Hendrik Lorenz presents a comprehensive study of Plato's and Aristotle's conceptions of non-rational desire, which they see as something that humans share with animals. Lorenz sheds fresh light, not only on both philosophers' theories of motivation, but also on how they conceive of the mind, both in itself and in relation to the body Zusammenfassung Hendrik Lorenz presents a comprehensive study of Plato's and Aristotle's conceptions of non-rational desire, which they see as something that humans share with animals. Lorenz sheds fresh light, not only on both philosophers' theories of motivation, but also on how they conceive of the mind, both in itself and in relation to the body Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction I. Appetite and Reason in Plato's Republic 1: Parts of the soul 2: The argument for tripartition 3: Partition 4: The simple picture II. Belief and Appearance in Plato 5: Imitation and the soul 6: Belief and reason 7: Below belief and reason III. Phantasia and Non-Rational Desire in Aristotle 8: Preliminaries 9: Phantasia, desire, and locomotion 10: Desire without phantasia 11: The workings of phantasia 12: Phantasia and practical thought 13: Reason and non-rational desire Conclusion
