Alexander Aphrodisiensis, De anima libri mantissa : A New Edition of the Greek Text with Introduction and Commentary

Abstract

R. W. Sharples provides a new edition, with introduction and commentary in English, of the Greek text. The "Mantissa" is a collection of short discussions, transmitted as a supplement to the treatise "On the Soul" by the Aristotelian commentator Alexander of Aphrodisias (c.200 AD). The collection includes discussion of a range of topics, among them the nature of soul and intellect, theories of how seeing takes place, issues in ethics, and the nature of fate.