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Soul and Pneuma in De spiritu

This paper explores the conception of soul and its relation to pneuma in De spiritu, a short and relatively neglected treatise transmitted with the Aristotelian corpus. Following a re- view of all the relevant passages, it is concluded that the author was familiar with Aristotle’s biological works and his conception of soul, but does not subscribe to it. It is shown that various other conceptions of soul make appearance in the treatise. It is proposed that the author aimed to make his physiological and anatomical theory – built on Aristotle’s no- tion of pneuma – compatible with as many different conceptions of soul in circulation as possible, which he viewed as a competitive advantage of his theory.

conception of soul ; connate pneuma ; mixture ; artēria ; physiology ; anatomy ; Pseudo-Aristotle

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