Aristotle, De Insomniis 462 a 18
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9664460 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Pamela M Huby (University of Liverpool, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1975 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 151-152 |
| Publication date | 1975-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Classical Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0009-8388 • E-ISSN: 1471-6844 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0009838800032985 |
| OpenAlex | W2015805201 |
| Language | EN |
The interpretation of these words is important for understanding the meaning of in Aristotle. For here, exceptionally, it has been taken to refer to sense-perceptions rather than images. I quote the Oxford translation of 462a15–24 (by J. I. Beare): ‘From all this, then, the conclusion to be drawn is that the dream is a sort of presentation ( ), and, more particularly, one which occurs in sleep; since the phantoms just mentioned are not dreams, nor is any other a dream which presents itself when the sense-perceptions are in a state of freedom. Nor is every presentation which occurs in sleep necessarily a dream
Dream · Epistemology · Interpretation (philosophy · Linguistics · Meaning (existential · Presentation (obstetrics · sort · Classical Antiquity Studies · Classical Philosophy and Thought · Computer Science · Medicine · Philosophy · Psychology
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |