Episode 131: Aristotle’s “De Anima”: What Is the Mind? (Part Two)

The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast

• Episode: Episode 131: Aristotle’s “De Anima”: What Is the Mind? (Part Two)
• Website: The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast
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• Duration: 01:02:14
• Published: 2016-01-18 13:00

Concluding On the Soul, book 3, focusing on the "nous," or intellect, which allows us to grasp abstractions, including the forms/essences that make things what they are. The nous is the "form of forms," which is literally nothing (just pure potential) until it grasps form, at which point (at least in cases where we grasp fancy metaphysical principles) it's identical to that form, and not MY thought or YOUR thought in particular. Yes, this is weird. Go back to ep. 130 to start to get a handle on this, and if you become a PEL Citizen, you not only get this episode ad-free, but can hear the Aftershow.