Monday, April 18, 2005
Does anyone know where (in the De Anima I assume) that 'Totle says that the human soul is immortal? I need it for my paper. Many thanks. On a side note, see the 1982 version of the Scarlet Pimpernel. I watched it every day for about a week until I realized it wasn't good for me. It's more addictive than Marian's artificial intelligence link, which, granted, is consuming. Plus it's got Ian Mckellan (the good wizard from LOTR) and a young and very beautiful Jane Seymour, and, most importantly, Anthony Andrews (Sebastian from Brideshead Revisited). Yum yum.
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he doesn't say that in de anima. its metaphysics baby.
more thesis updates!
Or again @ 430a 20-25 but as I remember 'Stotle is a bit ambiguous in De Anima as to wheather or not the soul is actually immortal or only participates in the immortal through contemplation of the eternal.
Damn! I misspelled whether.
Dammit.
In line with what Bonesaw is saying: why doesn't he just take the next step and say "eternal" whether than leave it up for debate? Maybe Stotle isn't sure himself.
I have another objection to that paragraph:
He is saying that sense and intellect are different because one's object overwhelms the faculty while the other doesn't.
But aren't these two the same in the sense that highly intellectual things DO overwhelm the intellect to those who don't have the habit of thought of philosophy or theology or whatever science being thought about? And isn't the same true with things relating to sense? A loud noise isn't as damaging to hearing if the increase in noise is gradual (i.e. a certain habituation).
I agree with Chim.
Although dire consequences may follow...
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