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About the Author
Thomas Kjeller Johansen studied Philosophy and Classics at Cambridge, before taking up lectureships at Bristol, Edinburgh and Oxford. He has held a British Academy Research Readership, a membership at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, and a fellowship the Center for Hellenic Studies, Washington DC. He is the author of Plato's Natural Philosophy (CUP, 2004), Aristotle on the Sense-Organs (CUP, 1998), and the translator of Plato, Timaeus and Critias (Penguin Classics, 2008).
Reviews
[T]his fine and important book ... should be required reading for anyone with an interest in Aristotleas psychology and theory of nature. It is sure to serve as a touchstone in debates about the issues it treats for many years to come. * Mark A. Johnstone, Mind *
The Powers of Aristotle's Soul is certain to be a valuable contribution to the existing literature on Aristotles De Anima. Its novelty lies in its overall approach to De Anima, as it seeks to situate the work within Aristotles natural philosophy while offering an interpretation of the relationship between the various capacities of Aristotles soul. While the work functions splendidly as a whole, a number of its individual chapters are able to stand alone as valuable discussions of the particular capacities central to De Anima. The work will be most valuable to scholars and advanced students of Aristotle with an interest in Aristotles scientific methodology and psychology; it will also be useful for historians and contemporary philosophers with an interest in the history of faculty psychology and the Aristotelian accounts of perception and nutrition * Journal of the History of Philosophy *
Johansen proves, once again, that he is at the cutting edge of scholarship on Aristotle, not falling into any particular camp of interpretation but forging a new way into studying the ancients. * Tijdschrift voor Filosofie *
a significant contribution to our understanding of capacities and the soul in Aristotle and to our overall understanding of the De Anima. [Johansens] interpretations are always carefully developed and show an excellent grasp of Aristotle's entire corpus . . . I would recommend this work for all scholars working on Aristotle or on ancient understandings of powers or the soul. It may also prove of interest for those in contemporary philosophy who are working on the notion of powers * Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews *
Book Information
ISBN 9780199658435
Author Thomas Kjeller Johansen
Format Hardback
Page Count 314
Imprint Oxford University Press
Publisher Oxford University Press
Weight(grams) 622g
Dimensions(mm) 240mm * 162mm * 23mm