Episode 130: Aristotle’s “De Anima”: What Is Life? (Part Two)

The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast

• Episode: Episode 130: Aristotle’s “De Anima”: What Is Life? (Part Two)
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• Duration: 00:54:09
• Published: 2016-01-04 13:00

Continuing on De Anima, books 1 and 2. We talk about the nutritive part of the soul, which is the only kind plants have, and the perceptive part, which animals have too, which for Aristotle means they have (or many of them have) imagination too. We grapple more with types of causation and what Aristotle means by forms. How does the soul "cause" the living body?