Peter Olivi

Peter Olivi, a philosopher who proposes that awareness occurs not through passively being affected by things, but by actively paying attention to them. Topics include: the concept of attention, the life and teachings of Peter Olivi, the nature of the soul and its relationship with the body, Olivi's criticism of the intellectualist explanation of choice and his concept of the higher soul, Olivi's theory of perception and the active role of the soul.