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On Colors (Greek Περὶ χρωμάτων; Latin De Coloribus) is a treatise attributed to Aristotle [1] but sometimes ascribed to Theophrastus or Strato. The work outlines the theory that all colors (yellow, red, purple, blue, and green) are derived from mixtures of black and white. On colors had a pronounced impact on subsequent color ...
On Memory. On Memory ( Greek: Περὶ μνήμης καὶ ἀναμνήσεως; Latin: De memoria et reminiscentia) is one of the short treatises that make up Aristotle 's Parva Naturalia. It is frequently published together, and read together, with Aristotle's De Anima .
Works of Aristotle. The end of Sophistical Refutations and beginning of Physics on page 184 of Bekker 's 1831 edition. The works of Aristotle, sometimes referred to by modern scholars with the Latin phrase Corpus Aristotelicum, is the collection of Aristotle 's works that have survived from antiquity. According to a distinction that originates ...
Memory. According to Aristotle in On the Soul, memory is the ability to hold a perceived experience in the mind and to distinguish between the internal "appearance" and an occurrence in the past. In other words, a memory is a mental picture that can be recovered. Aristotle believed an impression is left on a semi-fluid bodily organ that ...
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. Thus plants have the capacity for nourishment and reproduction, the minimum ...
Aristotle says rhetoric is the counterpart (antistrophe) of dialectic.: I.1.1–2 He explains the similarities between the two but fails to comment on the differences. Here he introduces the term enthymeme.: I.1.3 Chapter Two Aristotle defines rhetoric as the ability in a particular case to see the available means of persuasion.
On Interpretation. De Interpretatione or On Interpretation ( Greek: Περὶ Ἑρμηνείας, Peri Hermeneias) is the second text from Aristotle 's Organon and is among the earliest surviving philosophical works in the Western tradition to deal with the relationship between language and logic in a comprehensive, explicit, and formal way.
Topics (Aristotle) Categories: Works by ancient Greek writers. Philosophy of Aristotle. 4th-century BC books. Philosophical works by writer. Ancient Greek philosophical literature. Classical Greek philosophy. Philosophy books by writer.