The Inner Touch - Archaeology of Sensation : Archaeology of a Sensation

Murriana, A Preface to the Work, in which Hegel and E.T.A. Hoffmann's writing Cat, Murr, consider the Relations between Sensation and Consciousness 13(21) The Aesthetic Animal, Of the ancient Philosophers, Aristotle most especially, who, like the Cat, spoke much of Sensation, little of Consciousness 21(10) The Primary Power, Containing Aristotle's Doctrine of the common Sense, the master Faculty by which Animals sense that they are sensing 31(12) The Circle And The Point, A Likeness of the Philosopher and his Pupils, which links the foregoing common Sense to Time and to Language too 43(14) Sentio Ergo Sum, In which Aristotle and the ancient Commentators explain why Beasts, so long as they live, cannot Jail to notice that they exist 57(8) Sleep, Containing a Discussion of Aristotle's Account of the insuperable Law which dictates that sentient Beings, if they are ever to be awake, must rest 65(8) Awakening, A short Chapter, in which Proust, Valery, and Benjamin say much about the Disturbances at the End of Sleep 73(6) Company, The ancient Concept of Sunaisthesis, the Faculty by which Animals feel when they feel and feel, no less, when they do not 79(12) Historia Animalium, Containing a Remark or two on the Definition of human animal Nature, from Aristotle to Simplicius 91(10) Appropriation, A long Chapter, containing an important Notion, as well as the Doctrines of Chrysippus concerning a small Mussel and a Crab, smaller still 101(16) Elements Of Ethics, A Treatise by Hierocles the Stoic, who sought to prove beyond all Doubt that ``Beasts perceive themselves continuously'' 117(10) The Hound And The Hare, Being the shortest Chapter in the Book 127(4) Life Science, In which Augustine of Hippo invents the inner Sense, with some Help from Aristotle and the Stoics, among Others 131(12) The Unnamed King, In which Greek passes into Arabic, and the master Sense makes an unexpected Appearance in a Book by al-Farabi 143(8) Psychology Of The 449th Night, A short Chapter, in which a costly Slave discourses before a Caliph concerning the Powers contained in the Brain 151(6) The Fountain And The Source, Another short Chapter, considering the Fortunes of the Arabic Doctrines among the Schoolmen and Others of their Age 157(6) Perception Everywhere, A long Chapter, on Descartes, Bacon, and most especially Campanella, who held the World to be a large sensing Animal 163(16) Of The Merits Of Missiles, In which Leibniz differs from Descartes and from Locke, calling to Mind slow yet forceful Movements most worthy of Attention 179(14) Thorns, Another long Chapter, Treating of Leibniz on Perception, Apperception, and the Existence of infinitely small and slightly sharp Sensations 193(18) To Myself; Or, The Great Dane, In which a fearsome Dog famously leaps upon Jean-Jacques Rousseau, putting an End to an otherwise solitary Walk 211(8) Of Flying Creatures, Wherein Avicenna, Condillac, and Maine de Biran relate startling Findings made by Men and Statues suspended in Space 219(18) Coenaesthesis, On the medical Idea of the common Feeling, the bodily Sense by which animate Beings dimly perceive that they are alive 237(16) Phantoms, In which Bodies feel Parts they do not possess, and alternately fail to feel those Parts that are truly theirs 253(18) The Anaesthetic Animal, Of modern Psychiatry and its Discovery of People who sense, with much Conviction, that they do not exist 271(20) Untouchable, An End to the Work, containing what the Reader may, perhaps, expect to find in it 291(10) Notes 301(48) Bibliography 349(24) Index 373