Aristotle’s ›Parva naturalia‹: Text, Translation, and Commentary

Published by De Gruyter 2024

Aristotle’s ›Parva naturalia‹

Text, Translation, and Commentary

Edited by: Ronald Polansky

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111243832

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Aristotle’s Parva naturalia continues the investigation begun in the De anima. The De anima defines the soul and treats its main powers, nutrition, sense perception, intellection, and locomotion. The Parva naturalia — On sense and sensible objects, On memory and recollection, On sleep, On dreams, On divination in sleep, On motion of animals (De motu animalium ), On length and shortness of life, and On youth and old age and respiration — attends more to bodily involvement with soul. While each work offers fascinating and challenging insights, there has never been as extensive a commentary covering them together. A reason is that the works have often been viewed as incidental and even inconsistent. The De motu animalium has not typically been included, when viewed as an isolated work on animal locomotion.

This commentary argues that the treatises, considered together and with the De motu among them, display a tight sequence manifesting an artful, yet easily overlooked, design. We reveal many techniques of Aristotle’s writing that have received little consideration previously. Our commentary contributes to a unified and comprehensive account of Aristotle’s overall project regarding the soul and its connections with the body.

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Ronald Polansky, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, USA.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	IX
Abbreviations Publicly Available Download PDF	XI
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
On Sense and Sensible Objects (De sensu et sensibilibus) περὶ αἰσθήσεως καὶ αἰσθητῶν Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	39
On Memory and Recollection (De memoria et reminiscentia) περὶ μνήμης καὶ ἀναμνήσεως Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	269
On Sleep and Waking (De somno et vigilia) περὶ ὕπνου καὶ ἐγρηγόρσεως Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	376
On Dreams (De insomniis) περὶ ἐνυπνίων Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	446
On Prophecy on account of Sleep (De divinatione per somnum) περὶ τῆς καθ᾿ ὕπνον μαντικῆς Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	508
On Motion of (Mortal) Living Beings (De motu animalium) περὶ ζῴων κινήσεως Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	558
On Length and Shortness of Life (De longitudine et brevitate vitae) περὶ μακροβιότητος καὶ βραχυβιότητος Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	695
On Youth and Old Age (De juventute et senectute) περὶ νεότητος καὶ γήρως Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	739
Conclusion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	895
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	899
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(Deutsch)

Languages: English, Ancient Greek
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Scholars and students of philosophy and classics, as well as the history of medicine, biology, and natural science
Pages
- Front matter: 8
- Main content: 924
Keywords: sense perception; memory; sleep and dreams; life maintenance

eBook

Published: May 20, 2024
ISBN: 9783111243832

Hardcover

Published: May 20, 2024
ISBN: 9783111235745