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Aristotle’s Psychology

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[Revised entry by Christopher Shields on November 9, 2026.
Changes to: Main text, Bibliography, notes.html, psychic-mereology.html]
Judged in terms of its content, Aristotle's principal work in psychology, De Anima (On the Soul), likely dates to his most mature period: it reflects his most sophisticated physical and metaphysical theory; it makes free use of the technical terminology developed in his other works; and it employs and adapts his general hylomorphism by couching his conception of s

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