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On Sense and the Sensible : Aristotle's Exploration of Perception and Reality (Large Print Deluxe Hardcover Edition For Easy Reading)
by Aristotle and Tim Zengerink
Overview
What if the world you experience is only a carefully crafted collaboration between matter and mind?
Aristotle's classic essay is the missing link between his Physics and his Metaphysics-the place where biology, optics, and ontology intersect. This reader-friendly edition pairs clean, contemporary prose with crisp commentary, illuminating every rhetorical twist and technical term.
Inside you'll learn:
- The Five-Fold Mechanism - How each sense operates through a unique medium, yet converges in a single "common sense."
- Appearance vs. Reality - Aristotle's argument that perception is not passive reception but active discernment.
- Colors, Flavors, and Echoes - A proto-scientific explanation of how qualitative qualities arise from quantitative changes.
- The Problem of Error - Why illusions occur, and how reason corrects them.
- Legacy & Influence - How this short work shaped medieval optics, Enlightenment empiricism, and today's cognitive science.
Diagrams, cross-references, and a glossary of Greek keywords turn an ancient scroll into an engaging modern handbook-for students, scholars, and curious minds alike.
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Details
- ISBN-13: 9781806983414
- ISBN-10: 1806983419
- Publisher: Library of Alexandria
- Publish Date: November 2025
- Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.25 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.54 pounds
- Page Count: 54
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