Memory and Recollection in the Aristotelian Commentators

Diplôme Thèse Memory and Recollection in the Aristotelian Commentators eng 2025 2025-03-24 author Argyri Dafni 909754 director Ierodiakonou Katerina 819152 Département de philosophie (PHIL1) 313 10.13097/archive-ouverte/unige:185337 urn:nbn:ch:unige-1853372 L. 1172 The aim of the present thesis is to present and discuss theories of memory endorsed by the commentators of Aristotelian works. Exponents from all three major groups of Aristotelian commentators are being investigated in this context. The first part focuses on the views of Alexander of Aphrodisias, who is the first to postulate a separate mnemonic capacity in the soul. The second part discusses the views of Neoplatonists, such as Philoponus and Simplicius. The analyzed texts mainly come from commentaries on Aristotle’s De anima and from commentaries on Aristotle’s treatises in which the acquisition of knowledge is discussed. The last part of the thesis investigates the Byzantine reception of Aristotle's De memoria, a tradition that mainly derives from the sole extant commentary of this work, composed by Michael of Ephesus. Overall, the work serves as a general introduction to the theories of memory in Late Antiquity, and also as a collection of the relevant sources. Ancient commentators Memory Recollection Alexander of Aphrodisias Michael of Ephesus Neoplatonism Late Antiquity μνήμη De memoria Aristotle Dewey 100/501 Swiss National Science Foundation Theories of cognition in the aristotelian commentators 178965 CH Projects 89 Département de philosophie 3G false 97647a47-86e3-4f39-b0bb-cc3467f61094 Thesis Private ThesisFinal.Argyri.pdf 4754315 application/pdf 77174e56a528c62041cba64796da91fac6688aa2d6b9d4c5354fc1a1d42ee06a ee20f434-d947-40a1-909a-0445bb1c783c Imprimatur Public Imprimatur_ARGYRI.pdf 58183 application/pdf d422a0ec4d43ef8f020e5f1d97766f2cc00c8c6cfaa064ec23e90f21bca25419 closedAccess Faculté des lettres / Département de philosophie

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