De Anima I e II: o movimento nos âmbitos vegetativo e sensitivo

André Alonso

doi:10.18012/arf.v7i2.51772

Abstract

Movement is a key concept in Aristotle’s physics and is largely used to explain changes in the sublunary sphere. It is especially investigated in the Physics and, as a concept, depends intrinsically on notions like actuality and potentiality. In this paper, I focus first on the theory of movement found in Physics III and V, then I analyze the ways it is used to define the soul itself and to explain the different vital phenomena – vegetative and sensitive activities – described in De Anima I and II.

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Movement is a key concept in Aristotle’s physics and is largely used to explain changes in the sublunary sphere. It is especially investigated in the Physics and, as a concept, depends intrinsically on notions like actuality and potentiality
I focus first on the theory of movement found in Physics III and V, I analyze the ways it is used to define the soul itself and to explain the different vital phenomena – vegetative and sensitive activities – described in De Anima I and II
No pequeno tratado que é o De Anima, no qual Aristóteles desenvolve um texto conciso sobre um tão vasto assunto, o problema do movimento local tem uma abordagem bastante restrita, mas os termos ligados à noção de movimento consubstanciada no radical κιν ocorrem mais de trezentas vezes, espalhandose ao logo

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Introduction

Movement is a key concept in Aristotle’s physics and is largely used to explain changes in the sublunary sphere. Todas essas coisas claramente se diferenciam das que não estão constituídas por natureza, pois cada uma delas tem em si um princípio de movimento e de estabilidade, umas quanto ao lugar, outras quanto ao aumento e à diminuição, outras quanto à alteração.

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