Theophrastus On First Principles
Theophrastus On First Principles

Author: Théophraste

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 532

ISBN-13: 9004179038

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Simultaneous critical editions based on all available evidence, with an introduction, English translations, and commentaries of the Greek text and a medieval Arabic translation of Theophrastus s "On First Principles" ( metaphysics ), together with a methodological excursus on Graeco-Arabic editorial technique and normative glossary.

Theophrastus On First Principles (known as his Metaphysics)
Theophrastus On First Principles (known as his Metaphysics)

Author: Dimitri Gutas

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2010-03-22

Total Pages: 532

ISBN-13: 9004189831

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The short aporetic essay On First Principles by Theophrastus, thought to have been transmitted as his Metaphysics, is critically edited for the first time on the basis of all the available evidence—the Greek manuscripts and the medieval Arabic and Latin translations—together with an introduction, English translation, extensive commentary, and a diplomatic edition of the medieval Latin translation. This book equally contributes to Graeco-Arabic studies as ancilla of classical studies, and includes the first critical edition of the Arabic translation with an English translation and commentary, a detailed excursus on the editorial technique for Greek texts which medieval Arabic translations are extant as well as for the Arabic translations themselves, and a complete Greek and Arabic glossary as a blueprint for future lexica.