{"product_id":"aristotles-de-anima-joszs-luis-bermzdez-9780197624685","title":"Aristotle's de Anima: A Guide","description":"Aristotle'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. \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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e José Luis Bermúdez\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0197624685\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780197624685\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/07\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 344\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"José Luis Bermúdez","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47424753467647,"sku":"9780197624685","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7efb325c-12d0-4fba-a46a-6083221eb470.jpg?v=1761532298","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/aristotles-de-anima-joszs-luis-bermzdez-9780197624685","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}