The Aristotelian tradition in Syriac / John W. Watt.
| Author/creator | Watt, J. W. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | London ; New York : Routledge, 2019. |
| Description | ix, 293 pages ; 24 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Taylor & Francis eBooks |
| Subjects |
| Series | Variorum collected studies series ; CS1074 Collected studies ; CS1074. ^A355371 |
| Contents | From Alexandria to Baghdad : Max Meyerhof revisited -- From Sergius to M♯tta : Aristotle and pseudo-Dionysius in Syriac tradition -- The Syriac Aristotle between Alexandria and Baghdad -- Sergius of Reshaina on the Prolegomena to Aristotle's Logic : the Commentary on the Categories, chapter two -- The Prolegomena to Aristotelian philosophy of George, Bishop of the Arabs -- Why did ı̀Þunayn, the master translator into Arabic, make translations into Syriac? On the purpose of the Syriac translations of ı̀Þunayn and his circle -- The Syriac translations of ı̀Þunayn ibn Isı̀Æaq and their precursors -- Greek thought and Syriac controversies -- Julian's letter to Themistius - and Themistius' response? -- Themistius and Julian : their association in Syriac and Arabic tradition -- Literary and philosophical rhetoric in Syriac -- Greek philosophy and Syriac culture in Abbasid Iraq -- Graeco-Syriac tradition and Arabic philosophy in Bar Hebraeus -- Aristotle's rhetoric and political thought in the Christian Orient and in al-Farabi, Avicenna, and Averroes. |
| Abstract | This volume presents a panorama of Syriac engagement with Aristotelian philosophy primarily situated in the 6th to the 9th centuries, but also ranging to the 13th. It offers a wide range of articles, opening with surveys on the most important philosophical writers of the period before providing detailed studies of two Syriac prolegomena to Aristotle's Categories and examining the works of Hunayn, the most famous Arabic translator of the 9th century. Watt also examines the relationships between philosophy, rhetoric and political thought in the period, and explores the connection between earlier Syriac tradition and later Arabic philosophy in the thought of the 13th century Syriac polymath Bar Hebraeus. Collected together for the first time, these articles present an engaging and thorough history of Aristotelian philosophy during this period in the Near East, in Syriac and Arabic. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2018048255 |
| ISBN | 9781138334663 |
| ISBN | (ebook) |
| ISBN | ebook |
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