Description
Book SynopsisThis work is designed to make Aristotle's writings on sleep and dreams accessible in translation to modern readers, and to provide a commentary with a contemporary perspective. It considers Aristotle’s theory of dreams in historical context, especially in relation to Plato. Greek text, with facing English translation, introduction and commentary.
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DialogueTable of ContentsACKNOWLEDGMENTS
PREFACE
NOTE ON THE TEXT AND TRANSLATION
ABBREVIATIONS
INTRODUCTION
1. Aristotle’s Life and Work
2. The
Parva Naturalia 3. The Greek concept of Dreaming
4. Plato’s Legacy
5. The
De Somno and the
De Insomniis 6. Dreams and the Imagination
7. Dreaming and Teleology
8. The Function of Dreams
9. Aristotle and Freud
10. Dreams and the ‘Daemonic’
11. Aristotle and Malcolm
12. Conclusion
TEXT AND TRANSLATION
On Sleeping and Waking
On Dreams
On Divination through Sleep
NOTES
On Sleeping and Waking
On Dreams
On Divination through Sleep
APPENDIX – Aristotle’s
Historia Animalium, IV. 10
GLOSSARY
SELECT BIBILOGRAPHY
INDEX
