Aristotle: De Anima / On the Soul
Peri psyches
textual humanities
text
book
core
Lifetime Path
planned
Creators
- Aristotle, author
Canon Rationale
A central Aristotelian work, included for soul as life-principle, perception, cognition, intellect, living bodies, and the long history of philosophy of mind.
Path
Lifetime path, phase 1, rank 27.
Evidence
- handbook: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, 'Aristotle's Psychology'.
- anthology: Internet Classics Archive, 'On the Soul by Aristotle', translated by J. A. Smith.
Audit Flags
translation dependency, version dependency
Completion unit: read the complete treatise in a specified translation or original Greek edition. Mark it complete when you can explain soul as form/life-principle, nutrition, perception, imagination, intellect, and the translation choices around psyche.