Middle commentary on Aristotle's De anima / Averroës ; a critical edition of the Arabic text with English translation, notes, and introduction by Alfred L. Ivry.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Averroës, 1126-1198.

Contributor:

Ivry, Alfred L., 1935-

Series:

Graeco-Arabic sciences and philosophy

Standardized Title:

Talkhīṣ Kitāb al-nafs. English & Arabic

Language:

Arabic

English

Subjects (All):

Aristotle. De anima.

Aristotle.

Psychology--Early works to 1850.

Psychology.

Soul--Early works to 1800.

Soul.

Philosophy of mind--Early works to 1800.

Philosophy of mind.

Islamic philosophy--Early works to 1800.

Islamic philosophy.

Physical Description:

xxxi, 281, 137 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Provo, Utah : Brigham Young University Press, 2002.

Language Note:

English and Arabic.

Summary:

Averroes, 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 Averroes's last writing on the text-remains one of his most refined and politically discreet treatments of Aristotle, offering modern readers Averroes'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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-270) and indexes.

Contains:

Aristotle. De anima. Selections.

ISBN:

0842524738

OCLC:

48783334