{"product_id":"mortal-imitations-of-divine-life-eli-diamond-9780810130692","title":"Mortal Imitations of Divine Life: The Nature of the Soul in Aristotle's de Anima","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eMortal Imitations of Divine Life\u003c\/i\u003e, Diamond offers an interpretation of \u003ci\u003eDe Anima\u003c\/i\u003e, which explains how and why Aristotle places souls in a hierarchy of value. Aristotle's central intention in \u003ci\u003eDe Anima \u003c\/i\u003eis to discover the nature and essence of soul--the prin­ciple of living beings. He does so by identifying the common structures underlying every living activity, whether it be eating, perceiving, thinking, or moving through space. As Diamond demonstrates through close readings of \u003ci\u003eDe Anima\u003c\/i\u003e, the nature of the soul is most clearly seen in its divine life, while the embodied soul's other activi­ties are progressively clear approximations of this principle. This interpretation shows how Aristotle's psychology and biology cannot be properly understood apart from his theological conception of God as life, and offers a new explanation of \u003ci\u003eDe Anima\u003c\/i\u003e's unity of purpose and structure.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Eli Diamond\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0810130696\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780810130692\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Northwestern University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/31\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 284\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 1.10d","brand":"Eli Diamond","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48621796688127,"sku":"9780810130692","price":99.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/mortal-imitations-of-divine-life-eli-diamond-9780810130692","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}