Combining Philosophers

Ideas for Aristotle, Chrysippus and Daniel M. Mittag

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15. Nature of Minds / A. Nature of Mind / 1. Mind / c. Features of mind
1714 Mind involves movement, perception, incorporeality [Aristotle]
15. Nature of Minds / A. Nature of Mind / 2. Psuche
5146 Everything that receives nourishment has a vegetative soul, with it own distinctive excellence [Aristotle]
5147 In a controlled person the receptive part of the soul is obedient, and it is in harmony in the virtuous [Aristotle]
5148 The irrational psuché is persuadable by reason - shown by our criticism and encouragement of people [Aristotle]
5232 If beings are dominated by appetite, this can increase so much that it drives out reason [Aristotle]
5507 Aristotle led to the view that there are several souls, all somewhat physical [Aristotle, by Martin/Barresi]
24051 Soul is seen as what moves, or what is least physical, or a combination of elements [Aristotle]
12086 Psuché is the form and actuality of a body which potentially has life [Aristotle]
16754 The soul is the cause or source of movement, the essence of body, and its end [Aristotle]
15. Nature of Minds / A. Nature of Mind / 5. Unity of Mind
24046 Understanding is impossible, if it involves the understanding having parts [Aristotle]
5145 The rational and irrational parts of the soul are either truly separate, or merely described that way [Aristotle]
1717 If the soul is composed of many physical parts, it can't be a true unity [Aristotle]
24053 If a soul have parts, what unites them? [Aristotle]
1721 What unifies the soul would have to be a super-soul, which seems absurd [Aristotle]
15. Nature of Minds / A. Nature of Mind / 6. Anti-Individualism
1735 In a way the soul is everything which exists, through its perceptions and thoughts [Aristotle]
15. Nature of Minds / A. Nature of Mind / 7. Animal Minds
1875 Dogs show reason in decisions made by elimination [Chrysippus, by Sext.Empiricus]
15. Nature of Minds / A. Nature of Mind / 8. Brain
23218 The brain has no responsibility for sensations, which occur in the heart [Aristotle]
15. Nature of Minds / C. Capacities of Minds / 1. Faculties
24061 If we divide the mind up according to its capacities, there are a lot of them [Aristotle]
23906 Courage from spirit is natural and unconquerable, as seen in the young [Aristotle]
20204 Whether the mind has parts is irrelevant, since it obviously has distinct capacities [Aristotle]
15. Nature of Minds / C. Capacities of Minds / 2. Imagination
24062 Self-moving animals must have desires, and that entails having imagination [Aristotle]
15. Nature of Minds / C. Capacities of Minds / 5. Generalisation by mind
18911 Linguistic terms form a hierarchy, with higher terms predicable of increasing numbers of things [Aristotle, by Engelbretsen]
9068 Perception creates primitive immediate principles by building a series of firm concepts [Aristotle]
9069 A perception lodging in the soul creates a primitive universal, which becomes generalised [Aristotle]
9088 Skill comes from a general assumption obtained from thinking about similar things [Aristotle]
16153 Aristotle distinguishes two different sorts of generality - kinds, and properties [Aristotle, by Frede,M]
15. Nature of Minds / C. Capacities of Minds / 6. Idealisation
9791 Science is more accurate when it is prior and simpler, especially without magnitude or movement [Aristotle]