Aristotle on time: A Study of the Physics (review)

Part 3 is devoted to the formal aspect of time: perception. Because time is an "evident proper feature of motion" (58), Roark needs to explain how perception (aisthêsis) creates temporal order. Since number is a common perceptible, the perception of which requires imagination (phantasia),...

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Published in:Journal of the History of Philosophy 2012, Vol.50 (3), p.453-454
Main Author: Ponesse, Julie E
Format: Review
Language:English
Subjects:
Aristotle
History of ideas
Philosophy
Physics
Time
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Summary:Part 3 is devoted to the formal aspect of time: perception. Because time is an "evident proper feature of motion" (58), Roark needs to explain how perception (aisthêsis) creates temporal order. Since number is a common perceptible, the perception of which requires imagination (phantasia), phantasia is ultimately responsible for ordering kinetic cuts, and hence perceiving time.
ISSN:0022-5053
1538-4586
1538-4586
DOI:10.1353/hph.2012.0053