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Aristotle begins by raising the question of the seat of life in the body ("while it is clear that [the soul's] essential reality cannot be corporeal, yet manifestly it must exist in some bodily part which must be one of those possessing control over the members") and arrives at the answer that the heart is the primary organ of soul, and the central organ of nutrition and sensation (with which ...
Aristotle remained in Athens for nearly twenty years before leaving in 348/47 BC after Plato's death. [14] The traditional story about his departure records that he was disappointed with the academy's direction after control passed to Plato's nephew Speusippus, although it is possible that the anti-Macedonian sentiments in Athens could have ...
On Length and Shortness of Life (or On Longevity and Shortness of Life; Greek: Περὶ μακροβιότητος καὶ βραχυβιότητος; Latin: De longitudine et brevitate vitae) is a text by the Ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle and one of the Parva Naturalia.
The works of Aristotle, sometimes referred to by modern scholars with the Latin phrase Corpus Aristotelicum, is the collection of Aristotle's works that have survived from antiquity. According to a distinction that originates with Aristotle himself, [citation needed] his writings are divisible into two groups: the "exoteric" and the "esoteric". [1]
Plato (Ancient Greek: Πλάτων, Plátōn; c. 428/427 – c. 348/347 BC) was an ancient Greek philosopher, the second of the trio of ancient Greeks including Socrates and Aristotle credited with laying the philosophical foundations of Western culture. [1] Little can be known about Plato's early life and education due to the very limited ...
[47] [48] Dacier believed that, in chapter 14, Aristotle considered stories that are open to change, hence the option of avoiding a death. [49] [50] As Dacier understood him, Aristotle meant that if the killing within family cannot be avoided, then the playwright moves to the next best, and so on. [51] Dacier also shifted Aristotle's numbering ...
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Socratic dialogues (logos sokratikos) was a term coined by Aristotle to describe this newly formed literary genre. [5] While the exact dates of their composition are unknown, some were probably written after Socrates's death. [6] As Aristotle first noted, the extent to which the dialogues portray Socrates authentically is a matter of some ...