ON THE SOUL (De Anima)

by
Aristotle
c. 350 BC

translated by J. A. Smith

TABLE OF CONTENTS

BOOK 1

Chapter:

  1. The Purpose of Psychology
  2. Other Views of the Soul
  3. The Soul is not locomotion
  4. The Soul is not a harmony
  5. The Soul is not a Composite Thing

BOOK 2

Chapter:

  1. A First Definition of Soul
  2. A Second Definition of Soul
  3. The Faculties of the Soul:
  4. Nutrition
  5. Sense-perception
  6. Different kinds of Sensible Objects
  7. Sight (and what is seen)
  8. Hearing (and what is heard)
  9. Smelling (and what is smelled)
  10. Taste (and what is tasted)
  11. Touch (and what is touched)
  12. The General Characteristics of the External Senses

BOOK 3

Chapter:

  1. The Number of External Senses
  2. Common Sense
  3. The Distinction between Perceiving, Imagining, and Thinking
  4. The Passive Mind
  5. The Active Mind
  6. The Double Operation of the Mind
  7. The Distinction between the Contemplative and Practical Mind
  8. The Distinction between Mind, Sense, and Imagination
  9. Problems with the Faculty of Motive
  10. The Cause of Movement in Organisms
  11. Continued
  12. How the Soul's Faculties are Ordered to Enhance Life
  13. Continued

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