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| Document Type: | Book |
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| All Authors / Contributors: |
Daniel Heller-Roazen |
| ISBN: | 1890951765 9781890951764 1890951773 9781890951771 |
| OCLC Number: | 74492273 |
| Description: | 386 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | Murriana -- The aesthetic animal -- The primary power -- The circle and the point -- Sentio Ergo Sum -- Sleep -- Awakening -- Company -- Historia animalium -- Appropriation -- Elements of ethics -- The hound and the hare -- Life science -- The unnamed king -- Psychology of the 449th night -- The fountain and the source -- Perception everywhere -- Of the merits of missiles -- Thorns -- To myself; or, the great dane -- Of flying creatures -- Coenaesthesis -- Phantoms -- The anaesthetic animal -- Untouchable. |
| Responsibility: | Daniel Heller-Roazen. |
Table of Contents:
1. Murriana, A Preface to the Work, in which Hegel and E.T.A. Hoffmann's writing Cat, Murr, consider the Relations between Sensation and Consciousness -- 2. The Aesthetic Animal, Of the ancient Philosophers, Aristotle most especially, who, like the Cat, spoke much of Sensation, little of Consciousness -- 3. The Primary Power, Containing Aristotle's Doctrine of the common Sense, the master Faculty by which Animals sense that they are sensing -- 4. The Circle And The Point, A Likeness of the Philosopher and his Pupils, which links the foregoing common Sense to Time and to Language too -- 5. Sentio Ergo Sum, In which Aristotle and the ancient Commentators explain why Beasts, so long as they live, cannot Jail to notice that they exist -- 6. Sleep, Containing a Discussion of Aristotle's Account of the insuperable Law which dictates that sentient Beings, if they are ever to be awake, must rest -- 7. Awakening, A short Chapter, in which Proust, Valery, and Benjamin say much about the Disturbances at the End of Sleep -- 8. Company, The ancient Concept of Sunaisthesis, the Faculty by which Animals feel when they feel and feel, no less, when they do not -- 9. Historia Animalium, Containing a Remark or two on the Definition of human animal Nature, from Aristotle to Simplicius -- 10. Appropriation, A long Chapter, containing an important Notion, as well as the Doctrines of Chrysippus concerning a small Mussel and a Crab, smaller still -- 11. Elements Of Ethics, A Treatise by Hierocles the Stoic, who sought to prove beyond all Doubt that ``Beasts perceive themselves continuously'' -- 12. The Hound And The Hare, Being the shortest Chapter in the Book -- 13. Life Science, In which Augustine of Hippo invents the inner Sense, with some Help from Aristotle and the Stoics, among Others -- 14. The Unnamed King, In which Greek passes into Arabic, and the master Sense makes an unexpected Appearance in a Book by al-Farabi -- 15. Psychology Of The 449th Night, A short Chapter, in which a costly Slave discourses before a Caliph concerning the Powers contained in the Brain -- 16. The Fountain And The Source, Another short Chapter, considering the Fortunes of the Arabic Doctrines among the Schoolmen and Others of their Age -- 17. Perception Everywhere, A long Chapter, on Descartes, Bacon, and most especially Campanella, who held the World to be a large sensing Animal -- 18. Of The Merits Of Missiles, In which Leibniz differs from Descartes and from Locke, calling to Mind slow yet forceful Movements most worthy of Attention -- 19. Thorns, Another long Chapter, Treating of Leibniz on Perception, Apperception, and the Existence of infinitely small and slightly sharp Sensations -- 20. To Myself; Or, The Great Dane, In which a fearsome Dog famously leaps upon Jean-Jacques Rousseau, putting an End to an otherwise solitary Walk -- 21. Of Flying Creatures, Wherein Avicenna, Condillac, and Maine de Biran relate startling Findings made by Men and Statues suspended in Space -- 22. Coenaesthesis, On the medical Idea of the common Feeling, the bodily Sense by which animate Beings dimly perceive that they are alive -- 23. Phantoms, In which Bodies feel Parts they do not possess, and alternately fail to feel those Parts that are truly theirs -- 24. The Anaesthetic Animal, Of modern Psychiatry and its Discovery of People who sense, with much Conviction, that they do not exist -- 25. Untouchable, An End to the Work, containing what the Reader may, perhaps, expect to find in it.
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