Perception and Passion in Dante''s Comedy

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Klappentext A reading of the Comedy in the context of thirteenth-century psychology and philosophy. Zusammenfassung Patrick Boyde argues that Dante was profoundly influenced by the thirteenth-century science of psychology. Professor Boyde rereads many episodes in the Comedy to show how knowledge of Dante's philosophical ideas illuminates the meaning of his journey towards the source of goodness and truth. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Part I. Coming to Terms with Aristotle: 1. The prestige and unity of the Aristotelian corpus; 2. Movement and change in lifeless bodies; 3. Self-change: growth and reproduction in plant life; 4. Self-movement: sensation and locomotion in animal life; Part II. The Operations of the Sensitive Soul in Man: 5. Perception of light and colour; 6. Perception of shape, size, number movement and stillness; 7. Imagining and dreaming; 8. Body-language and the physiology of passion; Part III. The Operations of the Rational Soul; 9. Self-direction: the powers of the mind; 10. Aspects of human freedom; Part IV. Combined Operations: 11. Fear; 12. Anger; 13. Desire; Notes; Select bibliography; Indexes.