CLARENDON ARISTOTLES ERIES GenerEadli tor LINDSAYJ UDSON Alspou blisihnte hdi sse ries CategoarnideD se I nterpretaJt.L i.A oCnKRIeLL DeA nimbao okIsaI n dI IID .w . HAMLYN Newi mpresswiiotsnhu ppmleentamrayt erbiyaC lh ristoSphhieerl ds De GenerateitoC noer ruptico.nJ .eF . W ILLIAMS DeP artiAbnuism aliIua mn dD e GeneratAinoinmea liuID m. M . BALME Newi mpresswiiotsnhu pplemenmtaatreyr biyaA ll laGno tthelf EudemiEatnh iBcoso kIs, I Ia,n dV IIIM JCHAELW OODS Seconedd ition MetaphysBiocoskB sa ndK 1-2 ARTHURM ADIGAN,S J MetaphysBiocosk1 s, fl ,a ndE CHRISTOPHER KIRWAN Seconedd ition MetaphysBiocosk zsa ndH DAVIDB OSTOCK MetaphysBiocosk0 STEPHENM AKIN MetaphysBiocosk Ms andN JULIAA NNAS NicomachEetahni Bcoso kVsI IaIn dI X MICHAELP AKALUK Ont heP artosfA n imaIl-sI VJ AMEGS. L ENNOX PhysiBcoso kIsa ndI I WILLIAMC HARLTON Newi mpresswiiotsnhu pplemenmtaatreyr ial PhysiBcoso kIsI aIn dI V EDWARD HUSSEY Newi mpresswiiotsnhu pplemenmtaatreyr ial PhysiBcoso kVsI IID ANIELG RAHAM PolitBiocosk Isa ndI I TREVORJ .S AUNDERS PolitBiocosk IsI aIn dI V RICHARDR OBINSON Newi mpresswiiotsnhu pplemenmtaatreyr biyaD la viKde yt PolitBiocosk vsa ndV I DAVIDK EYT PolitBiocosk VsI aIn dV IIIR ICHARDKR AUT PosterAinoarl ytiJcONsA THANB ARNES Seconedd ition PrioArn alytBiocoskI GISELAS TRIKER TopiBcoso kIsa ndV IIIR OBINS MITH Othevro lumaersei np reparation ARISTOTLE De Anima Translated witahn I ntroduacntdiC oonm mentary by CHRISTOPHER SHIELDS CLARENDON PRESS OXFORD · OXFORD UNIVERSITY Plll!SS GreaCtl arendSotnr eOextf,o rOdX,2 6 DP, UnitKeidn gdom OxforUdn iverPsrietsiyssa d epartmoeftn hteU niverosfiO txyf ord. 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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS BecausIe h aveh adg raduataensda dvancuendd ergraduates foremositnm indw henp repartihnigts r anslaatnidco onm men taryI, h aveb eenm ostg ratefofulr thefe edbacokff erebdy studenwthso k indlpyr evieweeadr liveerr sioonfts h itse xitn classaensds eminaartas varieotfiy n stituAtlitonhso.u gh they aret oon umeroutso l isbty name,I thankc orporataellly thosweh o readp artosf t het ranslaatnidoc no mmentaarty theU niversoifCt oyl oraadtoB ouldeCro,r neUlnli versity, the ChinesUen iversoift Hyo ng Kong,S t.L ouisU niversity, theH umboldUtn iversoifBt eyr lainnd,t heU niversoifOt xyfo rd. Thesset udenhtasv ep roveenx tremaesltyu itnet heirre actions, oftepnr essimneg fo r greatcelra riatnyde nhanceexde getical directnAemsosn.gt hemI r emaiens pecicaolnlsyc ioofuh se lpful feedbacfrko m WeiC hengJ,a kuDbe uretzbaYcuheurk,Oi h ta, SydnePye nneRra,c heSli ngpurwaNlaltah,a naSetle iann,dP aul Studtmann. Twod octosrtauld einntO sx fordm eristp ecimaeln tioInnt. h e conteoxfta graduasteem inoanrD e AnimJaa,s oCna rterre ad thee ntitrrea nslaatnidco onm mentawriyt cha roeff,e rinnugm er ousc orrectainodns su ggestfoiro inmsp rovemeAnsta . r esearch assistTahnotm,a Asi nsworwtohr kemdi nutetlhyr outghhee ntire manuscriispstu,ia nl go nsgt reaomfh ighslcyh ooloebds ervations whicrhe sulitnea d c onsidernaubmlbee orf i mprovemetnott hse translantoitos na;t isfiheetd h,e anl sooff eread s erioefis n cisive suggestrieognasr dtihnecg o mmentarreys,u ltaignagi,in n,a l ong liosfti mprovemeIna tms m.o stg ratetfuolt hemb oth. Ia m pleasteobd e i na posittiooa nc knowlewdigtegh r atitude thei nstitutsiuopnpaolwr hti cphe rmitmtee dt ofo cuso n this projebcytr eleasmien frgo m othedru tiewsh,e thpeerd agogical ora dministrWaetlicvoem.se u ppowratsp rovidbeytd h eU niver sitoyfO xforLda,d yM argarHeatl lOx,fo rdt,h Cehi nesUen iversity ofH ongK ong,a ndT OPOI,t heE xcelleCnlcues taetrt he HumboldUtn iversoifBt eyr liInr .e viewtehdee ntiarnet epen ultimadtrea fdtu rinag y eairn B erlifunn,d edp artblyyT OPOI andp artblyyt hAel exandveornH umboldt-StiTfhtesu unpgp.o rt oft himsa rvellfoouunsd atitohnr outghhe y earhsa sb eenr eally v ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS quitree markabIlh ea.v en od oubtth awti thoiuttgs o odo ffices, Iw oulnde vehra vec omet ot hep oinitnl ifew herIec oulodff er thiwso rkfo r publication. Durintgh el onpge rioidnw hicthh ibso okh asb eeinn termit tentulnyd eprr oductIih oand,t heb enefiotfi nstrucfeteidvbea ck top resentagtiivoentnson umeroluesa rnseodc ietainedus n iver sitiTehse.t ranslaotfit ohnefi rsbto okw asr eabdy a grouopf scholaartCs a mbridUgnei versiMtayy' Wse ek,a tt hee ndo f whicDha viSde dlekyi ndloyff eremde written comomfeh nitss characterisstuipcearlislooyrr tI. r eceived sihmiiglha-rlleyv el feedbafrcokm multi-sdeamyi naartsH okkaidUon iversaintdy att heC entrEaulr opeUanni verswihteyr,Ie l earnmeudc hfr om thea cutaen di nformeadu dienmceem bers. OtherwiIs aem, a waroef p articuilmaprr ovememnatdse i n respontsoed iscusswiiotnhDs o minic Bailey,B rCihtatraline,s DaviCdh arleKse,iC hibaK,l auCso rcilPiauosl,Co r iveAlnlai , LaurEad elhoGffa,i Fli neJ,o hnG iberEtd,w arHdu sseTye,r ence IrwiSne,a nK elseCyo,l iGnu thrie KPihnigl,lM iipt siGsr,a ham OddieR,o berPta snaCuo,l iSnh ielRdisc,h arSdo rabCjhir,i sto pheTra yloarn,d I akovVoass iliou. Someo ft hosdei scusstiroancbsea ckt oa multi-year reading grouopn D e Animaa tO rieClo llegOex,fo rdp,r esidoevde bry DavidC harleTsh.e s hiftminegm berosf t hatg roupw,h ich includgerda duastteu denptoss,t -doctsotruadle nptesr,m anent poshto ldeirnsO xforda,n dv isitaicnagd emifrcosm thew orld overfo,r cemde tor ethimnakn yo fm y firmescto nvictaiboonust thed octrionfeD se AnimaT.h eya lscoo llectrievmeilnyd meed thaatt ransloaftA orri stomtulseto ftepnl atyh er oloefa def acto textucarli tic-aacncdo rdinlgilktyeh, a ctr itciacn,o no ccasion dol itmtolree t haonff era modescto njecture. Havinhga zardseudc cho njectIus ruebsm,i tttheedmfo rr eview toF reMdi lletrow, h omI o wea s pecidaelbo tf g ratitHuedr ee.a d thee ntipreen ultimdartaefo tft het ranslaatnidoc no mmentary witaht tentainodln e arninagd,r oiptoliyn titnhgew ayfo rwaridn severdailffi cuplats sagSetsi.gl rle atiesmr y debtto t hee ditoofr theC larendon Aristotle Sweirtiahe hs i.g hEdlqeyuv ieplpoepde d sensoef A ristoteplrioasanen da deepm asteoryfA ristotelian philosoLpihny,d sJauyd soonff erendu merocuosr rections, while demandignrge atcelra ridteyp,t ha,n dfi deliatlyw,a ysst eering VI ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS me ind irecttihoanItsa m glatdo h aveg oneI.a m permanently gratetfuolh imfo rh iisn struction. Finaltlhye,ri esa nothseorr otfd ebtd,i staanntdi ndiroewcetd, bye vercyo mmentaotnoD re A nima tthoel egioofns cholwahros haveg oneb efore. Tahreers eo me8 00k nowna ndc atalogued commentaroineD se Animam,a nyo fw hicIhh avefr eelcyo n sultteodm y greaetd ificatTihoenm .o numental commeonft aries earlier genseormaeta inocnises,no tm,e m edievaanld,s omem od ernh,a voef telna ionp eno nm y desaks I w asw orkitnhgr ouag h puzzlipnasgs aTghe.ev asmta joriotfty h ea uthoorfts hesweo rks aren ol ongewri thu st ob et hankebdu,tI c alolu tt ot hemi n thankasl tlh es ameL.i keo thesrt udenotfDs e AnimaI, h ave learniemdm easuratbhlryo utghhe ieffro rts. Asfo rt hed isquietthionugg thhta Ito ffenro wt he8 01s(to sro ) commentaornyt hitse xItt ,h antkh efi rsetd itoofrt heC larendon Aristotle JsoehrnAi ceksr,i folrl a,s surianngde ncouragmien g withh isq uiectr,y stalline ctohnavetia ccthgi eonne ratoifo n philosopmhuesrtsr emakAer istoteplhiialno soipnhi yt osw n idiome,v enw hilset rivtionfa gt homa,s s omeo fo urG erman friendssa yw,i ee se igentgleiwcehs iesnt . vu CONTENTS GenerIanlt roduction xi 1.T heP lacoefD eA nimai nt heA ristotCeolripauns xii n. SomeP rinciopflH eysl omorpEhxipcl anation xiv m. Soualn dB ody xvu A. Soul-BoHdyyl omorphism xvu B. A Probleamb ouSto ul-BoHdyyl omorphism xxu 1v.T heF acultoifte hse S oul xxviii A. TheN utritSiovuel xxx B. Perception xxxn c.R eason xxxix v.C onclusion xliii A Noteo nt heT ext xlv DiscursOiuvtel ionfDe e Anima xlix TRANSLATION I BOOK I I BOOK II 22 BOOKI II 50 TEXTUAL NOTES AND VARIANTR EADINGS 75 COMMENTA RY 79 BOOK I 79 GenerIanlt roducttoBi ooonkI 79 ChaptIenrt roducwtiitoChno sm mentaries 82 BOOK II 165 GenerIanlt roducttoBi ooonkII 165 ChaptIenrt roducwtiitoChno sm mentaries 166 BOOK III 255 GenerIanlt roducttoBi ooonkI II 255 ChaptIenrt roducwtiitoChno sm mentaries 257 DiscursGilvoes saorfAy r istotTeelrimainn ology 381 Bibliography 397 Index 41r ix