Averroes’ Middle Commentary on Aristotle’s Metaphysics

Averroes’ Middle Commentary on Aristotle’s Metaphysics
Author: Maroun Aouad
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 650
Release: 2023-11-13
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 9004515763

Averroes’ Middle Commentary on Aristotle’s Metaphysics reveals the original version, previously considered lost, of a landmark work in Arabic philosophy. Undoubtedly authored by the Cordovan thinker Averroes (1126-1198), this “middle” commentary is distinct from the Long Commentary and the Short Commentary in method, several doctrinal elements, and scope (it includes books M and N of the Stagirite’s treatise). These points and the transmission of the Middle Commentary at the crossroads of Arabic, Hebrew, and Latin traditions are addressed in the introduction, which also establishes that the work was extensively quoted by the mystical philosopher Ibn Sabʿīn (13th c.). The edition of the text and the facing translation follow. At the end of the book are Ibn Sabʿīn’s quotations, along with extensive indexes.

Averroes' Middle Commentary on Aristotle's Poetics

Averroes' Middle Commentary on Aristotle's Poetics
Author: Averroës
Publisher:
Total Pages: 192
Release: 2000
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN:

Aristotle's Poetics has held the attention of scholars and authors through the ages, and Averroes has long been known as "the commentator" on Aristotle. His Middle Commentary on Aristotle's Poetics is important because of its striking content. Here, an author steeped in Aristotle's thought and highly familiar with an entirely different poetical tradition shows in careful detail what is commendable about Greek poetics and commendable as well as blameworthy about Arabic poetics.

Medieval Commentaries on Aristotle's Categories

Medieval Commentaries on Aristotle's Categories
Author: Lloyd A. Newton
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 450
Release: 2008
Genre: History
ISBN: 9004167528

The contributors to this volume cover a wide range of philosophers, from Simplicius to John Wyclif, and philosophical problems, including: the harmony of Platonism and Aristotelianism; the relationship between logic, and metaphysics; the number of categories; and realism vs. nominalism.

Al-Farabi's Commentary and Short Treatise on Aristotle's De Interpretatione

Al-Farabi's Commentary and Short Treatise on Aristotle's De Interpretatione
Author: Fārābī
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 454
Release: 1981
Genre: Logic
ISBN:

"Al-Farabi of Baghdad (c. 870-950) is the first major representative of the medieval Arabic Aristotelianism which came to influence the Christian West so profoundly. In the Islamic world his writings on logic set the pattern for the future and virtually created Islamic philosophy. He is also important as a witness to the study of Aristotle in late antiquity, demonstrating a knowledge of Galen and the exegetical tradition of Porphyry. This translation is based on a fresh study of the Arabic manuscripts. An introduction and notes make this intriguing document accessible to all for whom it contains important matter.Classicists, historians of philosophy and logic, medievalists, Arabists, students of Islamic thought."--

Jewish Translation History

Jewish Translation History
Author: Robert Singerman
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Total Pages: 466
Release: 2002-01-01
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9789027216502

A classified bibliographic resource for tracing the history of Jewish translation activity from the Middle Ages to the present day, providing the researcher with over a thousand entries devoted solely to the Jewish role in the east-to-west transmission of Greek and Arab learning and science into Latin or Hebrew. Other major sections extend the coverage to modern times, taking special note of the absorption of European literature into the Jewish cultural orbit via Hebrew, Yiddish, or Judezmo translations, for instance, or the translation and reception of Jewish literature written in Jewish languages into other languages such as Arabic, English, French, German, or Russian. This polyglot bibliography, the first of its kind, contains over 2,600 entries, is enhanced by a vast number of additional bibliographic notes leading to reviews and related resources, and is accompanied by both an author and a subject index.

Encyclopedia of Medieval Philosophy

Encyclopedia of Medieval Philosophy
Author: Henrik Lagerlund
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 1448
Release: 2010-12-07
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 140209728X

This is the first reference ever devoted to medieval philosophy. It covers all areas of the field from 500-1500 including philosophers, philosophies, key terms and concepts. It also provides analyses of particular theories plus cultural and social contexts.

Aristotle's Theory of Predication

Aristotle's Theory of Predication
Author: Allan T. Bäck
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 360
Release: 2016-06-21
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 9004321098

This book claims that Aristotle followed an aspect theory of predication. On it statements make a basic assertion of existence that can be more or less qualified. It is claimed that the aspect theory solves many puzzles about Aristotle's philosophy and gives a new unity to his logic and metaphysics. The book considers Aristotle's views on predication relative to Greek philology, Aristotle's philosophical milieu, and the history and philosophy of predication theory. It offers new perspectives on such issues as existential import; the relation of Categories 2 & 4; the place of differentiae and propria; the predication of matter; unnatural predication; and the square of opposition. It ends by comparing Aristotle's theory with current ones.

Averroes and the Aristotelian Tradition

Averroes and the Aristotelian Tradition
Author: Jan Aertsen
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 453
Release: 2022-02-22
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 9004452753

Averroes the philosopher was the Commentator of Aristotle. In this, the project of his life coincided with the perception of his contemporary readers and with the esteem governing four centuries of European Aristotelianism. It has been the purpose of the 4th Symposium Averroicum to contribute to a better understanding of this philosophy: both on the basis of Averroes' works and in the light of his sources. The Symposium, held in conjunction with the 6th Editors Conference of the Averrois Opera, brought together eminent scholars and researchers on Averroes and adjacent areas. Their contributions are presented in four sections: - The Project of Averroes - Averroes and the Hellenistic Commentators - Averroes, the Commentator - Averroes and the Latin Tradition A bibliography of editions and contributions to the text is appended (to date 1998).