Phantasia in Aristotle's Ethics: Reception in the Arabic, Greek, Hebrew and Latin Traditions

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Dr Jakob Leth Fink (Gothenburg University, Sweden) Marco Sgarbi

Phantasia in Aristotle's Ethics

Reception in the Arabic, Greek, Hebrew and Latin Traditions

Dr Jakob Leth Fink (Gothenburg University, Sweden), Marco Sgarbi

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Bloomsbury Academic
25 June 2020

Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500; Western philosophy: Medieval & Renaissance, c 500 to c 1600; Ethics & moral philosophy

Series: Bloomsbury Studies in the Aristotelian Tradition

In the Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle suggests that a moral principle 'does not immediately appear to the man who has been corrupted by pleasure or pain'. Phantasia in Aristotle's Ethics investigates his claim and its reception in ancient and medieval Aristotelian traditions, including Arabic, Greek, Hebrew and Latin.

While contemporary commentators on the Ethics have overlooked Aristotle’s remark, his ancient and medieval interpreters made substantial contributions towards a clarification of the claim’s meaning and relevance. Even when the hazards of transmission have left no explicit comments on this particular passage, as is the case in the Arabic tradition, medieval responders still offer valuable interpretations of phantasia (appearance) and its role in ethical deliberation and action. This volume casts light on these readings, showing how the distant voices from the medieval Arabic, Greek, Hebrew and Latin Aristotelian traditions still contribute to contemporary debate concerning phantasia, motivation and deliberation in Aristotle’s Ethics.

Edited by: Dr Jakob Leth Fink (Gothenburg University Sweden), Marco Sgarbi
Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 263g
ISBN: 9781350169142
ISBN 10: 1350169145
Series: Bloomsbury Studies in the Aristotelian Tradition
Pages: 184
Publication Date: 25 June 2020
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Jakob Leth Fink is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the 'Representation and Reality in the Aristotelian Tradition' research program at Gothenburg University, Sweden.

Reviews for Phantasia in Aristotle's Ethics: Reception in the Arabic, Greek, Hebrew and Latin Traditions

The range of material is one of the volume's greatest strengths … Fink deserves praise for bringing together experts on these traditional strands in order to gain new and renewed insights on a lively topic in Aristotle. * Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews * [A] welcome and well-argued enterprise to discuss the fate of a particularly interesting Aristotelian notion through the ages. * Bryn Mawr Classical Review *