Eleonora Mercati M.A.
Ancient Philosophy and History of Ancient Science (APhil/HistAS)
Philosophy
Institut für Klassische Philologie
Unter den Linden 6
10099 Berlin
2023
Master’s Degree in Philosophy and Forms of Knowledge, University of Pisa, Italy
2019
Erasmus Program at the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Freiburg im Breisgau
2018
Bachelor’s Degree in Philosophy, University of Pisa, Italy
A study on orexis in Aristotle’s theory of action
This project aims to conduct a systematic study of Aristotle's concept of orexis, spanning psychological, biological, and ethical fields. It seeks to reconcile the ambition to construct a cohesive framework with an awareness of the internal tensions inherent in Aristotelian thought, particularly those between psychology and ethics. The challenge ahead lies in fact in recovering the ethical reflections and attempting an interpretation of the psychological and biological works focused on their shared theoretical coordinates despite differences in subject and investigative methods.