Middle Commentary on Aristotle's De anima (Brigham Young University - Islamic Translation Series) - Hardcover

Averroës

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0842524738 ISBN 13: 9780842524735

Publisher: Brigham Young University, 2001

Synopsis

Averroës, the greatest Aristotelian of the Islamic philosophical tradition, composed some thirty-eight commentaries on the "First Teacher's" corpus, including three separate treatments of De Anima ("On the Soul"): the works commonly referred to as the Short, Middle, and Long Commentaries. The Middle Commentary—actually Averroës's last writing on the text-remains one of his most refined and politically discreet treatments of Aristotle, offering modern readers Averroës's final statement on the material intellect and conjunction as well as an accessible historical window on Aristotle's work as it was interpreted and transmitted in the medieval period.

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About the Author

Alfred L. Ivry is professor emeritus in the Skirball Department of Hebrew and Judaic Studies and the Department of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies at New York University. He is the author, editor, or translator of nine books. Most recently, he edited Averroes’s Middle Commentary on Aristotle’s “De Anima” in both Arabic and Hebrew critical editions, as well as supplying an English-language translation.

Edition details

• Publisher: Brigham Young University
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0842524738
• ISBN 13: 9780842524735
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 300