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Zusatztext . . .a significant contribution to our understanding of capacities and the soul in Aristotle and to our overall understanding of the De Anima. [Johansen's] interpretations are always carefully developed and show an excellent grasp of Aristotle's entire corpus . . . I would recommend this work for all scholars working on Aristotle or on ancient understandings of powers or the soul. It may also prove of interest for those in contemporary philosophy who are working on the notion of powers. Informationen zum Autor Thomas Kjeller Johansen studied Philosophy and Classics at Cambridge, before taking up lectureships at Bristol, Edinburgh and Oxford. He has held a British Academy Research Readership, a membership at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, and a fellowship at the Center for Hellenic Studies, Washington DC. He is the author of Plato's Natural Philosophy (CUP, 2004), Aristotle on the Sense-Organs (CUP, 1998), and the translator of Plato, Timaeus and Critias (Penguin Classics, 2008). Klappentext 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--including perception, intellect, memory, and imagination--by reference to the soul's capacities, and considers how Aristotle adopts and adapts this theory in his later works. Zusammenfassung 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--including perception, intellect, memory, and imagination--by reference to the soul's capacities, and considers how Aristotle adopts and adapts this theory in his later works. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 Circumscribing the soul; 2 Towards a scientific definition of the soul; 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...
