Sententia cum quaestionibus in libros De anima Aristotelis /

This work by Richard Rufus of Cornwall is a major contribution to the history of Western philosophy and the study of Aristotle. Indeed, no future account of thirteenth century philosophical psychology will be able to ignore the contribution of Richard Rufus. Following Aristotle, Rufus addresses ques...

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Main Author:	Richard Rufus, of Cornwall, -approximately 1260 (Author)
Other Authors:	Ottman, Jennifer (Editor), Wood, Rega (Editor), Lewis, Neil Timothy (Editor), Martin, Christopher John, 1951- (Editor)
Format:	Book
Language:	Latin English
Published:	Oxford ; New York : Published for the British Academy by Oxford University Press, 2018.
Series:	Auctores Britannici Medii Aevi ; 31.
Subjects:	Aristotle. > De anima. Scholasticism. De anima (Aristotle) Aristotle.
Summary:	This work by Richard Rufus of Cornwall is a major contribution to the history of Western philosophy and the study of Aristotle. Indeed, no future account of thirteenth century philosophical psychology will be able to ignore the contribution of Richard Rufus. Following Aristotle, Rufus addresses questions as diverse as `how do we reproduce and grow', `how do we see and hear', `how do we understand ourselves', and `how is our immortal soul united with our body?' Its exposition and its questions date from about 35 years before Thomas Aquinas wrote his commentary on On the Soul, so its publication will prompt a re-evaluation of Aquinas's theory of the soul. As the copious notes to this edition indicate, not only is this the earliest surviving commentary on Aristotle's On the Soul taught at a Western University, but it was read by most of Rufus's early successors.