On the Soul

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philosophical treatise psychological work work of ancient Greek philosophy

On the Soul is Aristotle’s foundational philosophical treatise that investigates the nature, faculties, and functions of the soul as the principle of life in living beings.

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Commentary on De Anima 1
De Anima 1

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instanceOf philosophical treatise ⓘ
psychological work ⓘ
work of ancient Greek philosophy ⓘ
author Aristotle ⓘ
concerns faculties of the soul ⓘ
functions of the soul ⓘ
nature of the soul ⓘ
principle of life in living beings ⓘ
dateWritten 4th century BCE ⓘ
field natural philosophy ⓘ
philosophy ⓘ
philosophy of psychology ⓘ
genre philosophical treatise ⓘ
hasCommentaryBy Alexander of Aphrodisias ⓘ
Averroes ⓘ
St. Thomas Aquinas ⓘ
surface form: Thomas Aquinas
influenced Christian theology ⓘ
Islamic philosophy ⓘ
St. Thomas Aquinas ⓘ
surface form: Thomas Aquinas

later theories of mind ⓘ
medieval scholastic philosophy ⓘ
keyConcept active intellect ⓘ
hylomorphism ⓘ
passive intellect ⓘ
potentiality and actuality ⓘ
soul as form of a natural body ⓘ
language Ancient Greek ⓘ
latinTitle De Anima ⓘ
mainTopic biology ⓘ
philosophy of mind ⓘ
psychology ⓘ
soul ⓘ
originalTitle De anima ⓘ
surface form: Περὶ ψυχῆς
partOf Aristotle's writings ⓘ
surface form: Aristotle's biological works
philosophicalTradition Peripatetic school ⓘ
relatedWork Metaphysics ⓘ
Nicomachean Ethics ⓘ
Parva Naturalia ⓘ
structure three books ⓘ
treats imagination ⓘ
intellect ⓘ
movement ⓘ
nutrition ⓘ
perception ⓘ
rational soul ⓘ
sensitive soul ⓘ
vegetative soul ⓘ

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Peripatetic school → coreText → On the Soul ⓘ
Commentaries on Aristotle → hasPart → On the Soul ⓘ
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Aristotle → notableWork → On the Soul ⓘ
Tertullian → notableWork → On the Soul ⓘ
this entity surface form: De Anima