In geniuses on, Aristotle on the soul refers to the collected ideas, theories, and beliefs of Aristotle on the concept of the soul.
Overview
In c.322BC, Aristotle, after penning his On the Soul, a 52-page treatise on historical views about the nature of the soul, surmised his view that “happiness is the settling of the soul in its most appropriate spot.” (Ѻ)
Quotes | On
The following are quotes on Aristotle’s soul theories:
“Aristotle, Plato’s brilliant student, wrote about the soul in De Anima, his treatise on the nature of living things. Like Plato, Aristotle believed that the soul gives life to the body. All living things, Aristotle proposed, must have a soul. At the bottom of the hierarchy, we find the soul of trees and plants, the ‘nutritive soul’. This soul was responsible for the functions of nourishment, growth, and decay. One step up was the ‘sensitive soul’, which gave nonhuman animals the sense of sight, smell, touch, taste, and hearing. And at the top of the hierarchy was the soul that distinguishes human beings from all other living creatures, the ‘rational soul’. So far, we can see the influence of Plato’s ideas on Aristotle’s thinking.
— Julien Musolino (2015), The Soul Fallacy [1]
See also
● Geniuses on the soul
References
1. Musolino, Julien. (2015). The Soul Fallacy: What Science Shows We Gain from Letting Go of Our Soul Beliefs (foreword: Victor Stenger) (pg. 44). Prometheus.
External links
● Aristotle’s Theory of the Soul – Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
