Theophrastus on First Principles (Known as His Metaphysics)

Greek Text and Medieval Arabic Translation, Edited and Translated with Introduction, Commentaries and Glossaries, as Well as the Medieval Latin Translation, and with an Excursus on Graeco-Arabic Editorial Technique
Erscheinungsjahr 2010
ISBN: 978-90-04-17903-5
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 119, 508 Seiten, Format (B × H): 174 mm x 250 mm, Gewicht: 999 g

Reihe: Philosophia Antiqua / Theophrastus of Eresus

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.

Zielgruppe

All interested in Theophrastus and Aristotelianism, ancient and medieval philosophy in Greek, Arabic, and Latin, classical and Arabic philology and editorial technique, Graeco-Arabic lexicography, and the transmission of Greek and Arabic texts.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gutas, Dimitri

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Metaphysik, Ontologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Antike Philosophie

Über Autor(innen)

Gutas, Dimitri
Dimitri Gutas, PhD (1975) in Arabic and Islamic Studies, Yale University, is Professor of Arabic at Yale. He has published on the medieval Graeco-Arabic translation movement and its lexicography, the transmission of Greek philosophical texts into Arabic, and Arabic philosophy.