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Single Idea 1734

[from 'De Anima' by Aristotle, in 12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 3. Representation ]

Full Idea

In the thinking soul, images play the part of percepts, and the assertion or negation of good or bad is invariably accompanied by avoidance or pursuit, which is the reason for the soul's never thinking without an image.

Gist of Idea

In moral thought images are essential, to be pursued or avoided

Source

Aristotle (De Anima [c.329 BCE], 431a18)

Book Reference

Aristotle: 'De Anima (On the Soul)', ed/tr. Lawson-Tancred,H.C. [Penguin 1986], p.208