LEADER 04680nam 22006971c 450 001 9910792277703321 005 20200115203623.0 010 $a1-4725-5166-4 010 $a1-4725-0172-1 024 7 $a10.5040/9781472551665 035 $a(CKB)2560000000146996 035 $a(EBL)1659725 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001215050 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11678886 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001215050 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11174644 035 $a(PQKB)11781041 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1659725 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10856287 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL603664 035 $a(OCoLC)875819415 035 $a(OCoLC)922786508 035 $a(UtOrBLW)bpp09255005 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1659725 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000146996 100 $a20140929d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aOn the soul $hPart 1 $iSoul as form of the body, parts of the soul, nourishment, and perception $fAlexander of Aphrodisias ; translated with an introduction and commentary by Victor Caston 210 1$aLondon $cBristol Classical Press $d2012. 215 $a1 online resource (257 p.) 225 1 $aAncient commentators on Aristotle 300 $aIn memoriam Robert W. Sharples 1949-2010 311 $a1-4725-5798-0 311 $a1-78093-024-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index 327 $aPreface -- Introduction -- Textual -- Emendations -- TRANSLATION -- Notes -- Bibliography -- English-Greek -- Glossary -- Greek-English -- Index -- Index of -- Passages -- Cited -- Subject -- Index 330 $a"Around 200 AD, the greatest defender and interpreter of Aristotle within his school, Alexander of Aphrodisias, composed his own book On the Soul, partly following the pattern of Aristotle's. In the first half, translated in Part I, he discusses the soul as the form of the body, and the idea of parts or powers that constitute the soul of living things, including the two lowest powers: nutrition and perception. In the second half, to be translated in Part II, he discusses perception, representation, desire, understanding and - a notion emphasised by the Stoics - the governing part of the soul. He takes the soul to consist of these powers, which supervene on the mixture of the body's elemental ingredients, just as inanimate powers like buoyancy or lightness can supervene on other qualities. They are new, emergent causal powers of the living thing, which do not belong to the constituent ingredients of the body in themselves. Through his notion of emergence, he seeks to steer between the Platonic dualism of soul and body and the extreme materialism of his Stoic rivals."--Bloomsbury Publishing 330 8 $aAround 200 AD, the greatest defender and interpreter of Aristotle within his school, Alexander of Aphrodisias, composed his own book On the Soul, partly following the pattern of Aristotle's. In the first half, translated in this volume, he discusses the soul as the form of the body, and the idea of parts or powers that constitute the soul of living things, including the two lowest powers: nutrition and perception. In the second half, translated in Part II, he discusses perception, representation, desire, understanding and - a notion emphasised by the Stoics - the governing part of the soul. He takes the soul to consist of these powers, which supervene on the mixture of the body's elemental ingredients, just as inanimate powers like buoyancy or lightness can supervene on other qualities. They are new, emergent causal powers of the living thing, which do not belong to the constituent ingredients of the body in themselves. Through his notion of emergence, he seeks to steer between the Platonic dualism of soul and body and the extreme materialism of his Stoic rivals. This volume contains the first English translation of the work, as well as a detailed introduction, extensive explanatory notes and a bibliography. 410 0$aAncient commentators on Aristotle. 517 3 $aSoul as form of the body, parts of the soul, nourishment, and perception 606 $aSoul 606 $2Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500 606 $aMind and body 606 $aPerception (Philosophy) 615 0$aSoul. 615 0$aMind and body. 615 0$aPerception (Philosophy) 676 $a128.1 700 $aAlexander$cof Aphrodisias,$0845374 702 $aCaston$b Victor$f1963- 801 0$bUtOrBLW 801 1$bUtOrBLW 801 2$bUkLoBP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910792277703321 996 $aOn the soul$93820599 997 $aUNINA