Three Kinds or Grades of Phantasia in Aristotle’s De Anima

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ID23239913
AutoresChristina S Papachristou (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, autor correspondente)
Ano2013
Volume7
Fascículo1
Data de publicação2013-06-08
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Ancient Philosophy (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1981-9471 • E-ISSN: 1981-9498
EditoraUniversidade de Sao Paulo, Agencia USP de Gestao da Informacao Academica (AGUIA) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.11606/issn.1981-9471.v7i1p19-48
OpenAlexW2005122442
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas3
Referências citadas13

Phantasia / imagination in Aristotle is one of the parts or faculties / powers of the soul that cannot exist apart from sensation and thought. The function of phantasia and its connection with phantasmata, the products of this faculty, plays a significant role in the psychological treatises of the Aristotelian Corpus. The purpose of this paper is to examine the concept of phantasia in Book III, Chapter 3 of De Anima, and to show that the Stagyrite philosopher distinguishes three and not two kinds of phantasia, starting from the lowest, which is found in imperfect creatures, to the highest, which appears only in the human beings.

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