John W. Watt

The Aristotelian Tradition in Syriac

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. September 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 465g
• ISBN-13: 9780367661229
• ISBN-10: 0367661225
• Artikelnr.: 60016645

Autorenporträt

John W. Watt is Honorary Research Fellow in the School of History, Archaeology and Religion at Cardiff University. His research has focused on Syriac rhetoric and philosophy, and in these areas he has edited major treatises of Antony of Tagrit (Leuven: Peeters, 1986) and Bar Hebraeus (Leiden: Brill, 2005). Several of his articles are collected in his Rhetoric and Philosophy from Greek into Syriac (Farnham: Ashgate, 2010).

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements Introduction Chapter 1. From Alexandria to Baghdad. Max Meyerhof Revisited Chapter 2. From Sergius to Matt
. Aristotle and Pseudo-Dionysius in Syriac Tradition Chapter 3. The Syriac Aristotle between Alexandria and Baghdad Chapter 4. Sergius of Reshaina on the Prolegomena to Aristotle's Logic. The Commentary on the Categories, Chapter Two Chapter 5. The Prolegomena to Aristotelian Philosophy of George, Bishop of the Arabs Chapter 6. Why Did
unayn, the Master Translator into Arabic, Make Translations into Syriac? On the Purpose of the Syriac Translations of
unayn and his Circle Chapter 7. The Syriac Translations of
unayn ibn Is
q and their Precursors Chapter 8. Greek Thought and Syriac Controversies Chapter 9. Julian's Letter to Themistius - and Themistius' Response? Chapter 10. Themistius and Julian. Their Association in Syriac and Arabic Tradition Chapter 11. Literary and Philosophical Rhetoric in Syriac Chapter 12. Greek Philosophy and Syriac Culture in Abbasid Iraq Chapter 13. Graeco-Syriac Tradition and Arabic Philosophy in Bar Hebraeus Chapter 14. Aristotle's Rhetoric and Political Thought in the Christian Orient and in al-F
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, Avicenna, and Averroes Index