The Psychology of Aristotle, The Philosopher: A Psychoanalytic Therapist's Perspective
Book Details
- Publisher : Routledge
- Published : 2011
- Cover : Paperback
- Pages : 182
- Category :
Psychoanalysis - Category 2 :
Culture and Psychoanalysis - Catalogue No : 29591
- ISBN 13 : 9781855758117
- ISBN 10 : 1855758113
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This title is an investigation into the works of Aristotle in which Charalambos Ierodiakonou extracts those parts which have a psychological or psychoanalytic interest. He classifies and comments on them, and demonstrates the philosophers ability to uncover intrapsychic phenomena.
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'There are some aspects that are unique in Aristotle. The diversity of subjects he excelled in, from poetry to astronomy and from mathematics to ethics, and the reference to him as "the" philosopher, in clear recognition and appreciation of his immense contribution. Professor Charalambos Ierodiakonou, a distinguished Professor of (significantly) the "Aristotelian" University of Thessaloniki, deals with the psychology of Aristotle. He is one of the most apt persons to do so, being a psychoanalytically oriented psychiatrist, a gifted scholar, a charismatic teacher, and the author of several well-received books on Aristotle. I feel confident that this new book will bring Aristotle's teaching closer to us and will enhance our understanding of the ideas of the philosopher on a diachronic aspect of life - the human psyche.'
- Professor George N. Christodoulou, Honorary President, Hellenic Psychiatric Association and Cyprus Psychiatric Association; Honorary Fellow, World Psychiatric Association
'"Method", "categories", and the conception of the undivided nature of the human being constitute the Aristotelian challenge, even to contemporary philosophical thinking. I feel that psychoanalysis has manifested a peculiar embarrassment in regard to Aristotle's work, whereas references to and connections with Plato are more frequent ("The Symposium", "Phaedrus", etc.). Professor Charalambos Ierodiakonou, psychiatrist and psychoanalytic psychotherapist, attempts a "return" to Aristotle, not for reasons of historical justice, but because he thinks we need to be acquainted with the foundations and the past of modern psychoanalytic, and in general of psychological, reflection. The way he goes about this deeper delving into Aristotle is fascinating. Because he combines admiration with reasoning and substantial study, and the past of gnosiology with contemporary reflection. Hence, more than a textbook, this book becomes a work of critical thinking and questioning on human nature. It is a valuable book, a captivating turn-pager, to the last line.'
- Grigoris Vaslamatzis, MD, Psychiatrist, Psychoanalyst, Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the Athens University Medical School, Greece
About the Author(s)
Charalambos S. Ierodiakonou is Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry at the Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki. A training and supervising psychoanalytic therapist, he has organized psychoanalytic therapy services in many hospitals, clinics, and mobile units in Greece. He is an author and lecturer on various topics of psychology and psychoanalysis in relation to philosophy.
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