''Sense and Sensibilia'' (or ''On Sense and the Sensible'', ''On Sense and What is Sensed'', ''On Sense Perception'';
Greek: Περὶ αἰσθήσεως καὶ αἰσθητῶν;
Latin: ''De sensu et sensibilibus'', ''De sensu et sensili'', ''De sensu et sensato'') is one of the short treatises by
Aristotle that make up the ''
Parva Naturalia''.
The English title ''Sense and Sensibilia'' adopted by the Revised Oxford Translation repeats the title
J. L. Austin chose for his 1962 book ''
Sense and Sensibilia'', which in turn incorporated an allusive echo of
Jane Austen
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's title ''
Sense and Sensibility''.
[Kevin White, "Translator's Introduction", in Aquinas, ''Commentaries on Aristotle's "On Sense and What Is Sensed" and "On Memory and Recollection"'', trans. Kevin White and Edward M. Macierowski, Washington, D.C.: CUA Press, 2005, p. 6.]
Commentaries
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Alexander of AphrodisiasGreek text
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AverroesLatin translation, Venice, 1562 beginning on p. 455 of the PDF file)
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Thomas AquinasLatin text (Parma 1866)English translation
* James of Douai James of Douai (french: Jacques de Douai, la, Jacobus de Duaco; ) was a French philosopher who taught at the University of Paris.
James was a Master of Arts who wrote commentaries on Aristotle. He defended the freedom of philosophers to engage in ...
G.R.T. Ross
1906 (Greek text, English translation, and commentary)
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