Memory and Recollection in the Aristotelian Tradition

Essays on the Reception of Aristotle's De memoria et reminiscentia

Edited by Veronique Decaix Edited by Christina Thomsen Thornqvist

Book cover: Memory and Recollection in the Aristotelian Tradition

Extent: 266 pages

Publisher: Brepols Publishers

Subjects: Medieval Studies, Philosophy

Series: Studia Artistarum

Series volume number: 47

Language: English

Hardback (Published)

(December 2021)

ISBN: 9782503593128

Price: $100.00

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Aristotle’s De memoria et reminiscentia (“On Memory and Recollection”) is the oldest surviving systematic study of the nature of human memory.


Aristotle’s De memoria et reminiscentia (On Memory and Recollection) is the oldest surviving systematic study of the nature of human memory. Forming part of Aristotle’s other minor writings on psychology that were intended as a supplement to his De anima (On the Soul) and known under the collective title Parva naturalia, Aristotle’s De memoria et reminiscentia gave rise to a vast number of commentaries in the Middle Ages. The present volume offers new knowledge on the medieval understanding of Aristotle’s theories on memory and recollection across the linguistic traditions including the Byzantine Greek, Latin and Arabic reception.

  • Edited by Veronique Decaix
  • Edited by Christina Thomsen Thornqvist