De Anima, or About the Soul Hardcover – December 27, 2021 by Aristotle

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Author: Aristotle

Brand: St. Augustines Press

Edition: 1

Package Dimensions: 0x0x788

Number Of Pages: 210

Release Date: 27-12-2021

Details: Product Description
The De Anima (
On the Soul) is the first and most general of Aristotle’s biological works and as such is the most important work in the study of nature after the
Physics of Aristotle. It is presupposed to Aristotle’s
Sense and the Sensible, Memory and Reminiscence, and his many other biological works.

In this text, Aristotle discusses his predecessors’ views of life, defines the principle of life (“soul”), discusses the principle sorts of living things (plants, animals, and human beings), and analyzes the chief activities of each sort of life. In the case of rational life, he shows that the ability to think implies an immaterial aspect to the human soul.

The
De Anima is necessary not only to the study of biology, but also advances the understanding of metaphysics, of ethics and of politics, and even of logic, insofar as logic directs the acts of the human mind.

Like Coughlin’s translation of Aristotle’s
Physics (also published by St. Augustine Press), this translation attempts to be literal and concrete. The edition includes the translation, introduction, glossary, index, and explanatory notes.
About the Author
Glen Coughlin teaches in the Great Books curriculum of Thomas Aquinas College, California. He is the translator of
Aristotle’s Physics, Or Natural Hearing (St. Augustine Press) and is the author of articles on the
Physics and other topics in ancient and mediaeval philosophy and theology.