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On the Soul (Greek: Περὶ Ψυχῆς, Peri Psychēs; Latin: De Anima) is a major treatise written by Aristotle c. 350 BC. [1] His discussion centres on the kinds of souls possessed by different kinds of living things, distinguished by their different operations.
The Greek philosopher Aristotle wrote an influential treatise on the psyche, called in Greek Περὶ Ψυχῆς (Peri Psyches), in Latin De Anima and in English On the Soul. In this work, he used the concept of the soul to explain certain functions. [9] Since – for him – the soul is motion, it needs an explanatory principle for bodily ...
Aristotle's psychology, given in his treatise On the Soul (peri psychēs), posits three kinds of soul ("psyches"): the vegetative soul, the sensitive soul, and the rational soul. Humans have all three. The vegetative soul is concerned with growth and nourishment.
"Perichoresis" is derived from the Greek peri, "around" and chōreō, "to go, or come".As a compound word, it refers primarily to "going around" or "encompassing", conveying the idea of "two sides of the same coin". [6]
The story of Cupid and Psyche, mainly known from the Latin novel by Apuleius, and depicted in many forms: . Cupid and Psyche (Capitoline Museums), a Roman statue; Marlborough gem, a 1st-century carved cameo
Jungian archetypes are a concept from psychology that refers to a universal, inherited idea, pattern of thought, or image that is present in the collective unconscious of all human beings.
In Thomas Moore's poem "Paradise and the Peri," part of his Lalla Rookh, a peri gains entrance to heaven after three attempts at giving an angel the gift most dear to God. The first attempt is "The last libation Liberty draws/From the heart that bleeds and breaks in her cause," a drop of blood from a young soldier killed for an attempt on the ...
Elements from the collective unconscious can manifest among groups of people, who by definition all share a connection to these elements. Groups of people can become especially receptive to specific symbols due to the historical situation they find themselves in. [ 54 ] The common importance of the collective unconscious makes people ripe for ...