Aristotle and Plotinus on Memory Contributor(s): King, Richard a. H. (Author) |
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ISBN: 3110214628 ISBN-13: 9783110214628 Publisher: de Gruyter OUR PRICE: $84.54 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2009 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | History & Surveys - Ancient & Classical |
Dewey: 128.3 |
LCCN: 2009036203 |
Series: Quellen Und Studien Zur Philosophie |
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6.4" W x 9.2" (1.14 lbs) 280 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) - Cultural Region - Greece |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Two treatises on memory which have come down to us from antiquity are Aristotle's "On memory and recollection" and Plotinus' "On perception and memory" (IV 6); the latter also wrote at length about memory in his "Problems connected with the soul" (IV 3-4, esp. 3.25-4.6). In both authors memory is treated as a 'modest' faculty: both authors assume the existence of a persistent subject to whom memory belongs; and basic cognitive capacities are assumed on which memory depends. In particular, both theories use phantasia (representation) to explain memory. |