Three Kinds or Grades of Phantasia in Aristotle’s De Anima
Phantasia / imagination in Aristotle is one of the parts or faculties / powers of the soul that cannot exist apart from sensation and thought. The function of phantasia and its connection with phantasmata, the products of this faculty, plays a significant role in the psychological treatises of the A...
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| description | Phantasia / imagination in Aristotle is one of the parts or faculties / powers of the soul that cannot exist apart from sensation and thought. The function of phantasia and its connection with phantasmata, the products of this faculty, plays a significant role in the psychological treatises of the Aristotelian Corpus. The purpose of this paper is to examine the concept of phantasia in Book III, Chapter 3 of De Anima, and to show that the Stagyrite philosopher distinguishes three and not two kinds of phantasia, starting from the lowest, which is found in imperfect creatures, to the highest, which appears only in the human beings. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-776df4a0c1cb49308db4ce3f465f598f2022-12-21T21:14:21ZdeuUniversidade de São Paulo (USP)Revista de Filosofia Antiga1981-94712013-06-017110.11606/issn.1981-9471.v7i1p19-48Three Kinds or Grades of Phantasia in Aristotle’s De AnimaChristina S. Papachristou0Aristotle University of ThessalonikiPhantasia / imagination in Aristotle is one of the parts or faculties / powers of the soul that cannot exist apart from sensation and thought. The function of phantasia and its connection with phantasmata, the products of this faculty, plays a significant role in the psychological treatises of the Aristotelian Corpus. The purpose of this paper is to examine the concept of phantasia in Book III, Chapter 3 of De Anima, and to show that the Stagyrite philosopher distinguishes three and not two kinds of phantasia, starting from the lowest, which is found in imperfect creatures, to the highest, which appears only in the human beings.https://www.revistas.usp.br/filosofiaantiga/article/view/56474Aristotlesoulpsychologyphantasiaimaginationphantasmata |
| spellingShingle | Christina S. Papachristou Three Kinds or Grades of Phantasia in Aristotle’s De Anima Revista de Filosofia Antiga Aristotle soul psychology phantasia imagination phantasmata |
| title | Three Kinds or Grades of Phantasia in Aristotle’s De Anima |
| title_full | Three Kinds or Grades of Phantasia in Aristotle’s De Anima |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Three Kinds or Grades of Phantasia in Aristotle’s De Anima |
| title_short | Three Kinds or Grades of Phantasia in Aristotle’s De Anima |
| title_sort | three kinds or grades of phantasia in aristotle s de anima |
| topic | Aristotle soul psychology phantasia imagination phantasmata |
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