[PDF] according to aristotle what is the soul

A soul, Aristotle says, is “the actuality of a body that has life,” where life means the capacity for self-sustenance, growth, and reproduction.
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  • What has a soul according to Aristotle?

    Aristotle is interested in compounds that are alive. These— plants and animals—are the things that have souls. Their souls are what make them living things. Since form is what makes matter a “this,” the soul is the form of a living thing.22 sept. 2016

  • What are the 3 kinds of soul according to Aristotle?

    Aristotle distinguishes in the De anima three main kinds of souls (the nutritive, the sensitive-locomotive, and the rational) corresponding to plants, animals, and human beings.

  • What is the soul Aristotle vs Plato?

    Plato believed that the purpose of the soul was to escape the burden of the body, and reach the Realm of Forms. Aristotle, however, believed the opposite. His was a very monist view. He saw the body and soul as inextricable; the soul shaped the body.
  • Aristotle also uses a divided soul, but it is divided upon different lines. The two parts of the soul are the rational part and the irrational part.
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