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" Alexander of Aphrodisias on the soul. "
translated, with an introduction and commentary, by Victor Caston
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BL
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602950
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b432169
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| Uniform Title
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De anima.English
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| Main Entry
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Alexander,of Aphrodisias
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Alexander of Aphrodisias on the soul.\ translated, with an introduction and commentary, by Victor Caston
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London :: Bristol Classical Press,, c2012
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Ancient commentators on Aristotle
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viii, 248 p. ;; 25 cm
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9781780930244
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: 1780930240
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [169]-176) and indexes
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| Contents
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What is the soul's essence? -- Bodies act and are modified in virtue of non-bodily items -- The demonstration that the soul is a form -- 'In something' [is said] in how many ways? -- The soul is inseparable from the body whose soul it is -- The soul is not one of the simple bodies -- The soul itself just on its own is unchangeable -- The soul is not a harmony -- The parts of the soul : how many and which ones? -- That there are not infinitely many powers of the soul -- There are two kinds of nourishment -- On the activity of being nourished -- Heat is the soul's tool for nourishing [oneself] -- Why parts detached from plants live and develop, while those from animals no longer do -- On the soul for perceiving -- On what is intrinsically and extrinsically perceptible -- How there comes to be light in the transparent
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This is Part I of the first English translation of the philosopher Alexander of Aphrodisias' treatise "On the Soul."
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Soul, Early works to 1800
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B535.A63O813 2012
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Caston, Victor,1963-
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Soul as form of the body, parts of the soul, nourishment and perception
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