{"product_id":"aristotles-de-anima-a-guide-paperback-2","title":"Aristotle's de Anima: A Guide - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJosé Luis Bermúdez\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAristotle's \u003cem\u003eDe Anima\u003c\/em\u003e is an extraordinarily influential text in the history of philosophy; it is also one of the earliest works in what we now call psychology. Aristotle explores the \u003cem\u003epsuchê\u003c\/em\u003e, a distinctively Greek concept that overlaps in certain respects with our modern notions of the mind and the soul, but also applies to plants and non-human animals. The \u003cem\u003eDe Anima\u003c\/em\u003e develops an innovative and challenging account of the relation between the \u003cem\u003epsuchê\u003c\/em\u003e and the body, and offers thought-provoking analyses of the different capacities of the \u003cem\u003epsuchê\u003c\/em\u003e, starting with nutrition and reproduction. A general discussion of perception is followed by detailed accounts of the five individual sense modalities, as well as perceptual imagination. After subtly exploring the intellectual capacities that he considers distinctive to human beings (where we find his famous discussion of the \"agent intellect\") Aristotle gives a sophisticated account of how desire leads to action. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this lively and accessible Oxford Guide, which presupposes no knowledge of Greek, José Luis Bermúdez situates the \u003cem\u003eDe Anima\u003c\/em\u003e in the context of ancient Greek philosophy, and places it within Aristotle's corpus as a whole. Each chapter is organized around focus readings from the De Anima and elsewhere in Aristotle's writings (as well as from Plato's \u003cem\u003ePhaedo\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eTheaetetus\u003c\/em\u003e). Bermúdez develops a historically-informed account of Aristotle's arguments in the \u003cem\u003eDe Anima\u003c\/em\u003e that draws connections with contemporary philosophy of mind as appropriate. The reader is introduced to some of the key topics and controversies in modern Aristotle scholarship, as well as to the insights of the ancient and medieval commentators.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJosé Luis Bermúdez\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor of Philosophy and Charles H. Gregory '64 Chair in Arts and Sciences at Texas A\u0026amp;M University. His numerous books include \u003cem\u003eFrame it Again: New Tools for Rational Thought\u003c\/em\u003e (2020), \u003cem\u003eUnderstanding \"I\" Language and Thought\u003c\/em\u003e (2017), and the widely-used textbook \u003cem\u003eCognitive Science: An Introduction to the Science of the Mind\u003c\/em\u003e, now in its 4th edition. He is a leading philosopher of mind with expertise in classics and the history of philosophy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 344\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.29 x 5.58 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 07, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47348587888889,"sku":"9780197624685","price":42.66,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/5gSAOHYVcb9780197624685_8589e22c-3753-4a69-a4b7-8b06ae485b22.webp?v=1769774846","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/aristotles-de-anima-a-guide-paperback-2","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}