Ibn Bāğğa, Commentary on Aristotle’s ›On Generation and Corruption‹
Ibn Bāğğa, Commentary on Aristotle’s ›On Generation and Corruption‹

Author: Corrado la Martire

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

Published: 2021-04-19

Total Pages: 160

ISBN-13: 3110706628

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Ibn Bāğğa’s commentary on Aristotle’s On Generation and Corruption (Kitāb al-Kawn wa-l-fasād, Latin De generatione et corruptione) is one of the first commentaries to elaborate on the essential aspect of Aristotle’s text, that is, the analysis of change (μεταβολή, taġayyur). The commentary’s extant parts comprise a consecutive exposition of the contents of Aristotle’s work. However, the commentary may be read more as an introduction or a guide to the topic of generation than as a substitution for the original, as the paraphrases by Averroes seem to have become in the later tradition. The present study provides a new critical edition of the Arabic text and, for the first time, an English translation and a study of the structure of the commentary on the basis of the only two known manuscripts.

Ibn Bāğğa, Commentary on Aristotle's ›on Generation and Corruption‹
Ibn Bāğğa, Commentary on Aristotle's ›on Generation and Corruption‹

Author: Corrado la Martire

Publisher: de Gruyter

Published: 2021-04-19

Total Pages: 170

ISBN-13: 9783110705928

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The series is devoted to the study of scientific and philosophical texts from the Classical and the Islamic world handed down in Arabic. Through critical text editions and monographs, it provides access to ancient scientific inquiry as it developed in a continuous tradition from Antiquity to the modern period. All editions are accompanied by translations and philological and explanatory notes.

The Heart of Islamic Philosophy
The Heart of Islamic Philosophy

Author: William C. Chittick

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2001-10-11

Total Pages: 375

ISBN-13: 0198031866

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This book introduces the work of an important medieval Islamic philosopher who is little known outside the Persian world. Afdal al-Din Kashani was a contemporary of a number of important Muslim thinkers, including Averroes and Ibn al-Arabi. Kashani did not write for advanced students of philosophy but rather for beginners. In the main body of his work, he offers especially clear and insightful expositions of various philosophical positions, making him an invaluable resource for those who would like to learn the basic principles and arguments of this philosophical tradition but do not have a strong background in philosophy. Here, Chittick uses Kashani and his work to introduce the basic issues and arguments of Islamic philosophy to modern readers.

Maimonides and Philosophy
Maimonides and Philosophy

Author: S. Pines

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 1986-12-31

Total Pages: 312

ISBN-13: 9789024734399

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Papers Presented at the Sixth Jerusalem Philosophical Encounter, May 1985

New Approaches to the Study of Esotericism
New Approaches to the Study of Esotericism

Author:

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2020-12-15

Total Pages: 263

ISBN-13: 9004446451

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This volume offers new approaches to some of the biggest persistent challenges in the study of esotericism and beyond. Commonly understood as a particularly "Western" undertaking consisting of religious, philosophical, and ritual traditions that go back to Mediterranean antiquity, this book argues for a global approach that significantly expands the scope of esotericism and highlights its relevance for broader theoretical and methodological debates in the humanities and social sciences. The contributors offer critical interventions on aspects related to colonialism, race, gender and sexuality, economy, and marginality. Equipped with a substantial introduction and conclusion, the book offers textbook-style discussions of the state of research and makes concrete proposals for how esotericism can be rethought through broader engagement with neighboring fields.

The Guide of the Perplexed, Volume 2
The Guide of the Perplexed, Volume 2

Author: Moses Maimonides

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Published: 2010-05-15

Total Pages: 433

ISBN-13: 0226502279

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This monument of rabbinical exegesis written at the end of the twelfth century has exerted an immense and continuing influence upon Jewish thought. Its aim is to liberate people from the tormenting perplexities arising from their understanding of the Bible according only to its literal meaning. This edition contains extensive introductions by Shlomo Pines and Leo Strauss, a leading authority on Maimonides.

Porphyry, ›On Principles and Matter‹
Porphyry, ›On Principles and Matter‹

Author: Yury Arzhanov

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

Published: 2021-08-02

Total Pages: 194

ISBN-13: 3110747022

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The Syriac treatise published in the present volume is in many respects a unique text. Though it has been preserved anonymously, there remains little doubt that it belongs to Porphyry of Tyre. Accordingly, it enlarges our knowledge of the views of the most famous disciple of Plotinus. The text is an important witness to Platonist discussions on First Principles and on Plato’s concept of Prime Matter in the Timaeus. It contains extensive quotations from Atticus, Severus, and Boethus. This text thus provides us with new textual witnesses to these philosophers, whose legacy remains very poorly attested and little known. Additionally, the treatise is a rare example of a Platonist work preserved in the Syriac language. The Syriac reception of Plato and Platonic teachings has left rather sparse textual traces, and the question of what precisely Syriac Christians knew about Plato and his philosophy remains a debated issue. The treatise provides evidence for the close acquaintance of Syriac scholars with Platonic cosmology and with philosophical commentaries on Plato’s Timaeus.

Baphomet
Baphomet

Author: Tracy R Twyman

Publisher:

Published: 2015-10-31

Total Pages: 628

ISBN-13: 9780692580769

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This is the most exhaustive study ever written on the history and origins of Baphomet, worshipped by the Knights Templar. This investigation into the roots of the figure deals with Gnosticism, Hermeticism, alchemy, demonology, Cabalism, Sufism, the Yezidis, the Mandaeans, the Assassins, Freemasonry, witchcraft, Satanism, and biblical mysteries.