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anneliesepeerbolte's review against another edition
3.0
Painful to read. Read excerpts for my philosophy class. Appreciated his bodily focus, at least. Someone finally gets it.
sarahalfa's review against another edition
5.0
an analysis into the mind, body and soul, thus the very essence of life.
particularly found an interesting response to an argument that i had come across, of the existence of 2 deities which could be resolved with aristotle’s thoughts of the negation of 2 matters of identical states, thus negating the existence of 2 necessary beings and necessitating only 1 necessary being and the rest being contingent. [this seems to be a personal note - ref to logical existence of a deity and thus the contingency argument for this personal note to make sense when i look back]
also, note to self, read further on the section on dreams and the distortion of reality section*
particularly found an interesting response to an argument that i had come across, of the existence of 2 deities which could be resolved with aristotle’s thoughts of the negation of 2 matters of identical states, thus negating the existence of 2 necessary beings and necessitating only 1 necessary being and the rest being contingent. [this seems to be a personal note - ref to logical existence of a deity and thus the contingency argument for this personal note to make sense when i look back]
also, note to self, read further on the section on dreams and the distortion of reality section*
nuska's review against another edition
3.0
"El sentido, por su parte, es la proporción. Los excesos en lo sensible, en fin, producen ya dolor ya destrucción". (97).
"Tampoco inteligir, digo, es lo mismo que percibir sensiblemente: prueba de ello es que la percepción de los sensibles propios es siempre verdadera y se da en todos los animales, mientras que el razonar puede ser también falso y no se da en ningún animal que no esté dotado además de razón". (100).
Leyendo un libro de Historia de la Psicología para un examen leí que, teniendo en cuenta que la Psicología no era una Ciencia en sus inicios sino que procede (como todas las Ciencias, por otra parte) de la Filosofía, este libro de Aristóteles podría considerarse el primer tratado de Psicología de la historia. Así que tuve curiosidad por leerlo. Especialmente porque me gusta mucho la forma de explicarse que tenía Aristóteles. Se acercaba a un objeto (a cualquier objeto, porque este sabio filósofo empirista escribió prácticamente acerca de todo) analizando primero su existencia y la razón de ésta y pasando luego a analizarlo por partes. Muy interesante si se lee en contexto, aunque es cierto que para un lector de hoy en día resulta, cuanto menos paradójica, la aceptación de la existencia de algo llamado alma sin un gran cuestionamiento, especialmente por parte de alguien tan concienzudo en su filosofía como Aristóteles.
"Tampoco inteligir, digo, es lo mismo que percibir sensiblemente: prueba de ello es que la percepción de los sensibles propios es siempre verdadera y se da en todos los animales, mientras que el razonar puede ser también falso y no se da en ningún animal que no esté dotado además de razón". (100).
Leyendo un libro de Historia de la Psicología para un examen leí que, teniendo en cuenta que la Psicología no era una Ciencia en sus inicios sino que procede (como todas las Ciencias, por otra parte) de la Filosofía, este libro de Aristóteles podría considerarse el primer tratado de Psicología de la historia. Así que tuve curiosidad por leerlo. Especialmente porque me gusta mucho la forma de explicarse que tenía Aristóteles. Se acercaba a un objeto (a cualquier objeto, porque este sabio filósofo empirista escribió prácticamente acerca de todo) analizando primero su existencia y la razón de ésta y pasando luego a analizarlo por partes. Muy interesante si se lee en contexto, aunque es cierto que para un lector de hoy en día resulta, cuanto menos paradójica, la aceptación de la existencia de algo llamado alma sin un gran cuestionamiento, especialmente por parte de alguien tan concienzudo en su filosofía como Aristóteles.
jvanwagoner's review against another edition
informative
4.0
I have read several of Aristotle's books, and this turned out to be different than I expected. I thought it would focus on religious beliefs about the soul, but in reality, it focused on the senses and what drives living beings to do things. It was more scientific than religious.
Aristotle's thought processes are extraordinary, and I like how he reviews what his peers and predecessors believed about these things. Of course, he has some assumptions we know are incorrect, but he still uses sound logic to formulate theories on how things work.
This book is essential for those seeking to understand Western thought's evolution.
Aristotle's thought processes are extraordinary, and I like how he reviews what his peers and predecessors believed about these things. Of course, he has some assumptions we know are incorrect, but he still uses sound logic to formulate theories on how things work.
This book is essential for those seeking to understand Western thought's evolution.
mikuthemuso's review against another edition
2.0
This was the strangest and most difficult thing I’ve ever read. Other than passages from Beyond Good and Evil, Hegel and Kant. This one is definitely on the top of the list. I’m not sure how this was influential to the Eastern theologians Maimonides and Ibn Sinna, but I’m intrigued to see what they saw in this text. I read some reviews, and read the wikipedia to get some context on his concepts.
Some of his ideas correspond with Freudian Psychoanalysis
The Plant Soul, responsible for nutrition is like the Id, the Id in turn is like the limbic system
The Animal Soul responsible for the senses is like the Ego, the ego in turn is like the self
The Human Soul responsible for rationality is like SuperEgo, the superego in turn is like the prefrontal cortex
Its a strange mix of philosophy, biology, and metaphysics.
Some of his ideas correspond with Freudian Psychoanalysis
The Plant Soul, responsible for nutrition is like the Id, the Id in turn is like the limbic system
The Animal Soul responsible for the senses is like the Ego, the ego in turn is like the self
The Human Soul responsible for rationality is like SuperEgo, the superego in turn is like the prefrontal cortex
Its a strange mix of philosophy, biology, and metaphysics.
_fitbrah_'s review against another edition
2.0
This is not a low rating for the books themselves as written by Aristotle, but for the Fred D Miller translation which (after comparing with the first audible translation I could find) which goes out of its way to complicate the sentence structure such that I have to spend 3-4 minutes trying to understand what the sentence is actually saying.
Example:
Since, then, just as in all nature there is something which is matter for each kind (this is what is all those things potentially)...
It's strange because this is an Oxford edition and these are much better than usual, but it seems this is an exception.
Example:
Since, then, just as in all nature there is something which is matter for each kind (this is what is all those things potentially)...
It's strange because this is an Oxford edition and these are much better than usual, but it seems this is an exception.