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Averroes' Middle Commentary on Aristotle's Metaphysics : critical edition of the Arabic version, French translation and English introduction

Title
Averroes' Middle Commentary on Aristotle's Metaphysics : critical edition of the Arabic version, French translation and English introduction / by Maroun Aouad ; with the collaboration of Silvia Di Vincenzo, Hamidé Fadlallah.
Author
Averroës, 1126-1198
Publication
Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2024]

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Additional Authors
  • Aouad, Maroun
  • Di Vincenzo, Silvia
  • Fadlallah, Hamidé
Description
xvi, 631 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.
Summary
"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 Sab'in (XIIIth c.). The edition of the text and the facing translation follow. At the end of the book are Ibn Sab'in's quotations, along with extensive indexes"--
Series Statement
  • Islamicate intellectual history : studies and texts in the late medieval and early modern periods ; volume 11
  • Averrois opera. Series A, Averroes Arabicus ; xxxvi
  • Commentarium medium in Aristotelis metaphysicam
  • Averroës, 1126-1198. Works. 1981.
Uniform Title
Islamicate intellectual history ; v. 11.
Subject
  • Aristotle
  • Metaphysics (Aristotle)
  • Metaphysics > Early works to 1800
  • Islamic philosophy
  • Metaphysics
Genre/Form
Early works.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Language (note)
  • Text in English, Arabic, and French.
Call Number
JFE 24-1085
ISBN
  • 9789004515758
  • 9004515755
  • 9789004515765 (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
2022052373
OCLC
1356576494
Author
Averroës, 1126-1198, author.
Title
Averroes' Middle Commentary on Aristotle's Metaphysics : critical edition of the Arabic version, French translation and English introduction / by Maroun Aouad ; with the collaboration of Silvia Di Vincenzo, Hamidé Fadlallah.
Publisher
Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2024]
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
Islamicate intellectual history : studies and texts in the late medieval and early modern periods ; volume 11
Averrois opera. Series A, Averroes Arabicus ; xxxvi
Commentarium medium in Aristotelis metaphysicam
Averroës, 1126-1198. Works. 1981.
Islamicate intellectual history ; v. 11.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Language
Text in English, Arabic, and French.
Added Author
Container of (expression): Averroës, 1126-1198. Talkhīṣ mā baʻda al-ṭabīʻah. Arabic (Aouad)
Container of (expression): Averroës, 1126-1198. Talkhīṣ mā baʻda al-ṭabīʻah. French (Aouad)
Aouad, Maroun, editor, translator.
Di Vincenzo, Silvia, editor.
Fadlallah, Hamidé, editor.
Other Form:
Online version: Aouad, Maroun. Averroes' Middle Commentary on Aristotle's Metaphysics Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2023 9789004515765 (DLC) 2022052374
Research Call Number
JFE 24-1085
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