In Aristotle’s view, everything in this world can be categorized. Living beings include plants and animal. The plant has nutritive soul and the animal process both nutritive soul and perceptive soul. If we discuss animal further, we can divide animal into rational animal, which is human, and non-rational animal.
The essential feature of “being an animal” is perception. From the Aristotle Introductory Reading: “413b2: What makes something an animal is primarily perception.” Perception is the ability to see, hear or become aware of something through senses. From the Aristotle Introductory Reading, “(Chapter 5, 416b32). Perception occurs by us being moved and affected.” Plants don 't have perception since they are static and they …show more content…
Plants, animals and human are all living beings but rock is not. Even though you don 't feed rock, after hundreds years, it still will be rock. If you don 't feed animal, it will die. Nutritional soul is indispensible for all living beings and it is the soul shared with animal, plants and human. Furthermore, perception soul is only for animals. For example, touch is the basic kind of perception. Animals can touch but plants cannot. Perception also includes response in a pacific way correspond to something from outside. If you pet a dog, it will respond in its way. If you touch a plant, plants cannot respond at all. Human has a rational soul, which divide them from general animals. Human has intellect, mind and ability of thinking but animal don 't. All in all, if we want to organize the whole living-beings, “world of in-animal things” is on the bottom, and then “plants,” “animal.” The “rational animal” is on the top of the whole diagram cause human has three …show more content…
Aristotle asks “what” question and Heidegger asks “who” and “How” question. First comes to Aristotle. He is trying categorized everything in the world. What he do is that he asks a “what” question first, and he keep asking more until he gets the fundamental answer. He believes everything has an essence. The essence can separate one item from all of others. For example, the essence of human is rational. He categorized human as rational animal above non-rational animal, plants, and other living beings. (Book VII.102814): “The primary being is the what-it-is, which signifies substance.” Aristotle did not explore “being” much since “what” question cannot fully explore “being”. Heidegger concentrated on the most fundamental philosophy question, the question of being. He asked questions about human being, which he called Dasein (being there). Heidegger’s questions helps us evaluate the way we live and exist and he is a pioneer in this
The essential feature of “being an animal” is perception. From the Aristotle Introductory Reading: “413b2: What makes something an animal is primarily perception.” Perception is the ability to see, hear or become aware of something through senses. From the Aristotle Introductory Reading, “(Chapter 5, 416b32). Perception occurs by us being moved and affected.” Plants don 't have perception since they are static and they …show more content…
Plants, animals and human are all living beings but rock is not. Even though you don 't feed rock, after hundreds years, it still will be rock. If you don 't feed animal, it will die. Nutritional soul is indispensible for all living beings and it is the soul shared with animal, plants and human. Furthermore, perception soul is only for animals. For example, touch is the basic kind of perception. Animals can touch but plants cannot. Perception also includes response in a pacific way correspond to something from outside. If you pet a dog, it will respond in its way. If you touch a plant, plants cannot respond at all. Human has a rational soul, which divide them from general animals. Human has intellect, mind and ability of thinking but animal don 't. All in all, if we want to organize the whole living-beings, “world of in-animal things” is on the bottom, and then “plants,” “animal.” The “rational animal” is on the top of the whole diagram cause human has three …show more content…
Aristotle asks “what” question and Heidegger asks “who” and “How” question. First comes to Aristotle. He is trying categorized everything in the world. What he do is that he asks a “what” question first, and he keep asking more until he gets the fundamental answer. He believes everything has an essence. The essence can separate one item from all of others. For example, the essence of human is rational. He categorized human as rational animal above non-rational animal, plants, and other living beings. (Book VII.102814): “The primary being is the what-it-is, which signifies substance.” Aristotle did not explore “being” much since “what” question cannot fully explore “being”. Heidegger concentrated on the most fundamental philosophy question, the question of being. He asked questions about human being, which he called Dasein (being there). Heidegger’s questions helps us evaluate the way we live and exist and he is a pioneer in this