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Aus der Bibliothek von Prof. Wolfgang Haase, langj�igem Herausgeber der ANRW und des International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT) / From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - sehr guter Zustand / very good condition - This text by Philoponus, the sixthcentury commentator on Aristotle, is notable for its very informative Introduction to Psychology, which tells us the views of Philoponus, of his teacher, and of later Neoplatonists on our psychological capacities and on mind-body relations. -- The work gives us an unusual account of how reason can infer a universally valid conclusion from a single instance. It assays inherited views on the roles of intellect and perception in concept formation, and on the human ability to make reasoned decisions, celebrated by Aristotle but here downgraded. -- Philoponus attacks Galen�s view that psychological capacities follow, or result from, body chemistry; they merely supervene on that and can be counteracted. He has benefited from Galen�s knowledge of the brain and nerves but propounds the Neoplatonist belief in tenuous bodies that after death support our irrational souls temporarily or our reason eternally. ISBN 9780801444821