Merely Living Animals in Aristotle

Merely Living Animals in Aristotle

In Parts of Animals II.10, 655b37-656a8, Aristotle tacitly identifies a group of animals which partake of “living only”. This paper is an attempt to understand the nature of this group. It is argued that it is possible to make sense of this designation (i.e. “merely living animals”) if we consider t...

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Main Author: Refik Güremen
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Universidade de São Paulo (USP) 2015-05-01
Series:Revista de Filosofia Antiga
Subjects:
Ancient Philosophy
Aristotle
biology
life
Online Access:https://www.revistas.usp.br/filosofiaantiga/article/view/90493
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Merely Living Animals in Aristotle
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Ancient Philosophy
Aristotle
biology
life
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publishDate 2015-05-01
description In Parts of Animals II.10, 655b37-656a8, Aristotle tacitly identifies a group of animals which partake of “living only”. This paper is an attempt to understand the nature of this group. It is argued that it is possible to make sense of this designation (i.e. “merely living animals”) if we consider that some animals, which are solely endowed with the contact senses, do nothing more than mere immediate nutrition by their perceptive nature and have no other action. It is concluded that some of Aristotle’s merely living animals would be certain kinds of sponge, certain sea anemones and the ascidians among testacea
topic Ancient Philosophy
Aristotle
biology
life
url https://www.revistas.usp.br/filosofiaantiga/article/view/90493
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