#de anima

[hymnsandhearses]

You say you are not religious but do you believe you have a soul?

Yes. It is a chamber of my heart. 75% of it is full of my favorite songs, the sound of my daughter’s laugh, beautiful moments of intimacy, gratitude, memories of my grandmother’s smile, hope…etc.

The other 25% is reserved for the actions or words I regret and would take back, the ghosts of those I lost too soon, and a quiet corner where I go when I want to ponder it all.

But, if by “soul” you mean something eternal and spiritual? No. It either dies with me or some small part is lucky enough to carry on as a memory in someone else’s heart. That would be my version of heaven.

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[put-on-a-happyface]

Imparerai che certi tagli non potranno mai rimarginarsi

[schizografia]

“È necessario che l’anima sia una sostanza, come forma di un corpo naturale che ha la vita in potenza. La sostanza è entelechia (entelecheia, ciò che possiede il suo fine); dunque l’anima è l’entelechia di un tale corpo. Ma questa si dice in due modi: o come la scienza (episteme) o come il conoscere in atto (theorein). È chiaro che l’anima è come la scienza (cioè, è entelechia nel senso potenziale in cui lo è la scienza). L’anima esiste infatti tanto nel sonno che nella veglia, ma la veglia corrisponde al conoscere in atto, il sonno invece al possedere la scienza senza esercitarla in atto. E, rispetto a uno stesso individuo, il possesso della scienza è anteriore secondo la genesi. Per questo l’anima è l’entelechia prima di un corpo naturale che ha la vita in potenza” (De an., 412a, 19-29).

Aristotele

E come la poesia è sospensione ed esposizione della lingua, così la pittura è dormizione ed esposizione dello sguardo.

Giorgio Agamben

[disease]

Haven't we already disposed of the difficulty about interaction involving a common element, when we said that mind is in a sense potentially whatever is thinkable, though actually it is nothing until it has thought? What it thinks must be in it just as characters may be said to be on a writing-tablet on which as yet nothing stands written: this is exactly what happens with mind.

ARISTOTLE | “DE ANIMA” (Περί Ψυχῆς)

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Ms. Codex 1094 - Metaphisica, De anima, & Meteorologia

Do you like Aristotle? This manuscript features a collection of commentaries concerning Aristotle's Metaphysica, De anima, and Meteorologia, as well as the Physiognomonica, which is attributed to Aristotle. It also presents some full-page pen-and-ink drawings, including one of what may be a podium with skull and crossbones resting on top.   It was possibly written in Italy in the 17th century.

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[sunny-greens-and-roses]

Reading Aristotle's De Anima and ever since I've watched Disney's animated movie Soul, I can't help but associate the word 'soul' with the way souls are portrayed in that movie.

It's honestly a little distracting lol