
Aristotle and Plotinus on Memory
Richard A.H. King(Author)
De Gruyter (Publisher)
Published on 15. December 2009
Book
Mixed media product
XIV, 266 pages
978-3-11-173582-5 (ISBN)
Article is exhausted; no reprint
Description
Two treatises on memory which have come down to us from antiquity are Aristotle's On memory and recollectionand Plotinus' On perception and memory (IV 6); the latter also wrote at length about memory in his Problems connected with the soul (IV 3-4, esp. 3.25-4.6). Both authors treat memoryas a "modest" faculty:they assume the existence of a persistent subject to whom memory belongs; and basic cognitive capacities are assumed on which memory depends. In particular, both theories use "phantasia" (representation) to explain memory.
More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Berlin
Germany
Target group
Professional and scholarly
US School Grade: College Graduate Student
Illustrations
Includes a print version and an ebook
Dimensions
Height: 23 cm
Width: 15.5 cm
ISBN-13
978-3-11-173582-5 (9783111735825)
Schweitzer Classification
Person
Richard A. H. King, University of Glasgow, UK.