Aristotle's de Anima: A Critical Commentary

Ronald Polansky

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Aristotle's De anima is the first systematic philosophical account of the soul, which serves to explain the functioning of all mortal living things. In his commentary, Ronald Polansky argues that the work is far more structured and systematic than previously supposed. He contends that Aristotle seeks a comprehensive understanding of the soul and its faculties.

Book Details

Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publish Date: Sep 24th, 2007
Pages: 598
Language: English
Edition: undefined - undefined
Dimensions: 9.16in - 6.49in - 1.60in - 2.06lb
EAN: 9780521862745
Categories: • Criticism• History & Surveys - Ancient & Classical

About the Author

Polansky, Ronald: - Ronald Polansky is Professor of Philosophy at Duquesne University. Editor of the journal Ancient Philosophy since founding it in 1979, he is the author of Philosophy and Knowledge: A Commentary on Plato's Theaetetus, and co-editor of Bioethics: Ancient Themes in Contemporary Issues.

Praise for this book

"It is a thorough work with often illuminating lines of interpretation, which provides a coherent account of the three books of the De anima. While its target audience is certainly the scholarly world, the book will also appeal to students, its style having an important pedagogical component. From the beginning of the volume, it is apparent that the work is not only a commentary, but also offers a complete picture of Aristotle's treatise and thus provides the references and details that a scholar of the De anima needs. This approach necessarily makes the commentary lengthy and gives the reader more than just one author's point of view on Aristotle's De anima, but it also makes this an important tool of research--a tool that cannot be ignored by any scholar of this work. " --BCMR