Philoponus on the Dual Character of the Soul as Entelecheia of the Body

• Autores: Ignacio de Ribera Martin
• Localización: Acta Philosophica: rivista internazionale di filosofia, ISSN 1121-2179, Vol. 29, Nº. 2, 2020 (Ejemplar dedicado a: 100 anni dopo Weber. Luci e ombre di fecondità), págs. 353-372
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Commentators are puzzled by Aristotle’s remark about the possibility of the soul being in the body like a sailor in a ship at the end of De an. II.1, a chapter where the soul is described as the inseparable entelecheia of the body. Based on Philoponus’ account of the soul as a dual entelecheia and considering the phenomenological way in which we come to know the soul, I explain that the soul may be both inseparable from the body as its entelecheia and yet separable in another respect.