The imagination, product of a metaphor? Aristotle, 'De Anima' (III,3,427b27-428a5)

Authors
Lefebvre, R
Citation
R. Lefebvre, The imagination, product of a metaphor? Aristotle, 'De Anima' (III,3,427b27-428a5), DIALOGUE-C, 38(3), 1999, pp. 469-489
Citations number
37
Categorie Soggetti
Philosiphy
Journal title
DIALOGUE-CANADIAN PHILOSOPHICAL REVIEW
ISSN journal
00122173 → ACNP
Volume
38
Issue
3
Year of publication
1999
Pages
469 - 489
Database
ISI
SICI code
0012-2173(199922)38:3<469:TIPOAM>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
I would be contradictory to ask phainesthai to support both the strict sens e (M. Schofield, M.Nussbaum), and metaphorical use (Simplicius) of phantasi a. De anima, 428a2, raises many issues. When discovering imagination, Arist otle himself seems to use the word phantasia metaphorically.