Aristotle on Memory and Recollection: Text, Translation, Interpretation, and Reception in Western Scholasticism (Philosophia Antiqua, 110)

Twentieth-century Scholarship on Aristotle's De Memoria et Reminiscentia was dominated by the view that Aristotle's theories of memory and recollection are basically very similar to ours. By means of a new critical edition of the Greek text, an essay on Aristotle's own theories and an essay on these theories as they were received in the Latin West, the present book offers material that challenges the opinio communis. The result is a new interpretation of Aristotle's De Memoria et Reminiscentia and its relevance to the concerns of 21st-century philosophers, both regarding the concepts of memory and recollection and regarding Aristotle's philosophical methodology. Contents 8 Acknowledgments 10 Preface 12 Chapter One. Introduction to the Critical Edition 16 The Edition 16 The Translation of the De Memoria 33 The Textual Notes on the De Memoria 34 Abbreviations and Critical Signs used in the Text and in the Apparatus 35 Conspectus Siglorum 36 Chapter Two. De Memoria et Reminiscentia: Text and Translation 38 Chapter 1 39 Chapter 2 51 Chapter Three. Essay 1: Aristotle on Memory and Recollection 68 Introduction 68 Aristotle on Memory 73 Aristotle on Recollection 87 Memory and Recollection: The Differences 89 The Non-Existence of Memory Acts in Aristotle 94 General Conclusion 133 Appendix 1: "Memory" Words in the Rest of the Corpus Aristotelicum 137 Appendix 2: The 21st Century Concept of Memory 143 Chapter Four. Essay 2: Aristotle's Theories of Memory and Recollection in the Latin West 152 Introduction 152 The Influence of Arabic Philosophy 158 Latin Translations and Early Theories of Memory 181 The Second Half of the 13th Century 194 Towards a Modern Theory of Memory 234 General Conclusion 240 Chapter Five. Textual Notes on the De Memoria 244 Chapter Six. Bibliography 260 Indices 270 Greek-English Index 270 Index Nominum et Locorum 273 Index Rerum 288 By David Bloch. Originally Presented As The Author's Thesis (doctoral)--københavns Universitet, 2006. Stemma Codicum (1 Sheet) In Pocket Inside Back Cover. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [245]-254) And Indexes. Includes A New Critical Edition Of Aristotle's De Memoria Et Reminiscentia In Greek With English Translation On Facing Pages--p. [23]-51. Based on a new critical edition of Aristotle's "De Memoria" and two interpretive essays, this book challenges current views on Aristotle's theories of memory and recollection, and argues that these are based on misinterpretations of the text and Aristotle's philosophical goals.