On Dreams, Aristotle
On Dreams, Aristotle
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On Dreams

Author: Aristotle

Narrator: Mia Goodrum

Unabridged: 25 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/25/2022

Categories: Nonfiction, Philosophy


Synopsis

In his treatise On Dreams, Aristotle offers a detailed analysis of the phenomenon of dreaming. He begins by outlining the different types of dreams that people experience, before going on to explore the causes and purposes of dreaming. Aristotle's account of dreaming is both nuanced and insightful, offering a rich understanding of this common human experience. His work remains relevant today, as it provides a valuable perspective on the nature of dreams and their significance in our lives. Read in English, unabridged.

About Aristotle

Aristotle (384-322 BC) was a Greek philosopher, a student of Plato, and a tutor to Alexander the Great. His writings, on such diverse subjects as rhetoric, logic, politics, ethics, biology, physics, and poetry, comprise some of the foundations of Western philosophy. He wrote as many as 200 treatises during his lifetime, of which only 31 survive. Of these, Aristotle's best-known works include Metaphysics, Nicomachean Ethics, Eudemian Ethics, Politics, and On the Soul.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Lancelot on February 13, 2024

Like Dio by Synesius, Synesius here offers an apologetic for imaginative literature, imagination, and fiction. He does so under the guise of dreams: It is an old tradition, I think, and quite in the manner of Plato, to conceal the profound thoughts of philosophy behind the mask of some lighter treatm......more

Goodreads review by Per on November 24, 2022

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