‘Simplicius’: On Aristotle On the Soul 3.6-13

This is the fourth and last volume of the translation in this series of the commentary on Aristotle On the Soul wrongly attributed to Simplicius. Whoever the author behind the name may be, he proves in this work to be an original philosopher who deserves to be studied not only because of his detailed explanation of an often difficult Aristotelian text but also because of his own psychological doctrines.In Chapter 6 the author discusses the objects of the intellect. He sees Aristotle as moving in Chapters 7-8 to practical intellect, thus preparing the way for discussing what initiates movement in Chapters 9 to 11. His interpretation offers a brilliant investigation of practical reasoning and of the interaction between desire and cognition from the level of perception to the intellect. In the commentator's view, Aristotle in the last chapters (12-13) investigates the different type of organic bodies corresponding to the different forms of life (vegetative and sensory, from the most basic, touch, to the most complex).

Carlos Steel is Emeritus Professor of Ancient and Medieval Philosophy at the Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium, and Director of 'Aristoteles Latinus'.

Introduction
Textual Emendations
Translation
Notes
Bibliography
English-Greek Glossary
Greek-English Index
Index of Passages Cited
General Index