'Simplicius': On Aristotle on the Soul 3.1-5

by H.J. Blumenthal and Simplicius

Book Overview

In On the Soul 3.1-5, Aristotle goes beyond the five sense to the general functions of sense perception, the imagination and the so-called active intellect, the of which was still a matter of controversy in the time of Thomas Aquinas.
In his commentary on Aristotle's text, 'Simplicius' insists that the intellect in question is not something transcendental but the human rational soul. He denies both Plotinus' view that a part of the soul...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1472558529
• ISBN13: 9781472558527
• Release Date: April 2014
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 198 Pages
• Weight: 0.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"