Phantasia in Aristotle's Ethics

Reception in the Arabic, Greek, Hebrew and Latin Traditions

Buch | Softcover

184 Seiten

2020
Bloomsbury Academic (Verlag)
978-1-350-16914-2 (ISBN)

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In the Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle suggests that a moral principle 'does not immediately appear to the man who has been corrupted by pleasure or pain'. Phantasia in Aristotle's Ethics investigates his claim and its reception in ancient and medieval Aristotelian traditions, including Arabic, Greek, Hebrew and Latin.

While contemporary commentators on the Ethics have overlooked Aristotle’s remark, his ancient and medieval interpreters made substantial contributions towards a clarification of the claim’s meaning and relevance. Even when the hazards of transmission have left no explicit comments on this particular passage, as is the case in the Arabic tradition, medieval responders still offer valuable interpretations of phantasia (appearance) and its role in ethical deliberation and action. This volume casts light on these readings, showing how the distant voices from the medieval Arabic, Greek, Hebrew and Latin Aristotelian traditions still contribute to contemporary debate concerning phantasia, motivation and deliberation in Aristotle’s Ethics.

Jakob Leth Fink is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the 'Representation and Reality in the Aristotelian Tradition' research program at Gothenburg University, Sweden.

Introduction, Jakob Fink (University of Gothenburg, Sweden) and Jessica Moss (New York University, USA)
1. The Ancient Greek Reception of Phantasia in Aristotle’s Ethics, Frans de Haas (Universiteit Leiden, The Netherlands)
2. The Arabic Tradition: With Special Emphasis on Averroes’ Interpretation, Frédérique Woerther (CNRS Paris, France) and Rotraud Hansberger (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany)
3. The Byzantine Tradition on EN 6.5.1140b16—17, Michele Trizio (Università di Bari, Italy)
4. The Latin Tradition: Phronesis, Phantasia and Moral Feelings, Iacopo Costa (CNRS Paris, France)
5. The Hebrew Tradition on EN 6.5.1140b16—17, Chaim Neria (University of Chicago, USA)
6. Epilogue: The Argument of EN 6.5.1140b16–17 from a Contemporary Perspective, Jakob Fink (University of Gothenburg, Sweden)

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Erscheinungsdatum	02.01.2020
Reihe/Serie	Bloomsbury Studies in the Aristotelian Tradition
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	263 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Ethik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie Altertum / Antike
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie des Mittelalters
ISBN-10	1-350-16914-5 / 1350169145
ISBN-13	978-1-350-16914-2 / 9781350169142
Zustand	Neuware