Here is the synopsis of our sample research paper on Aristotle/De Anima. Have the paper e-mailed to you 24/7/365.
Essay / Research Paper Abstract
A 5 page essay that discusses Aristotle’s ideas on the soul which are descried in his text De Anima (On the Soul). The writer begins by contrasting Aristotle’s ideas against those of Plato and argues that Aristotle’s ideas on the soul are more persuasive philosophically because his arguments pertain to the natural world, which can be seen, rather than to the metaphysical world, which must be conjectured. No additional sources cited.
Page Count:
5 pages (~225 words per page)
File: D0_khdeani.rtf
Buy This Term Paper »
Unformatted sample text from the term paper:
the Phaedo Plato describes Socrates as being convinced of the eternal existence of the soul. In contrast to Platos purely metaphysical conceptualization of the soul, Aristotles ideas on the soul
originate from a perspective that is much more scientific, that is, grounded in observation. Consequently, while Platos ideas on the soul are much more appealing than those of Aristotle as
Platos concept comes closer to contemporary conceptualization of the soul, Aristotles ideas on the soul are more persuasive philosophically because his arguments pertain to the natural world, which can be
seen, rather than to the metaphysical world, which must be conjectured. De Anima (On the Soul) by Aristotle is divided into three books. In Book I, Aristotle discusses the
views on the soul of the Greek philosophers who have come before him. This includes Aristotles reaction to Platos position. Platos ideas on the soul are intrinsically tied to his
philosophy of forms. Aristotle observes that Plato, in the Timaeus, fashions "soul out of his elements" (I.2), but Aristotle argues that it is a mistake to argue that the soul
has "spatial magnitude" (I.3). He states that "mind is either without parts or is continuous in some other way than that which characterizes a spatial magnitude" else "How...could mind
possibly think?" (I.3). As this indicates, Aristotles perspective is grounded in observation and reality. He sees the mind as intrinsically connected to the body and not in metaphysical terms as
did Plato. Furthermore, Aristotle argues that it is an "absurdity" for philosophers to "join the soul to a body...without adding any specification of the reason for their union, or
of the bodily conditions required for it" (I.3). In other words, Aristotle felt that it was ludicrous to consider the soul apart from the body. He writes that it is
...