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 by Dimitri Gutas.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Theophrastus.

Contributor:

Gutas, Dimitri.

Bartolomeo da Messina, active 13th century.

Series:

Philosophia antiqua ; v. 119.

Philosophia antiqua, 0079-1687 ; v. 119

Standardized Title:

Metaphysica. Polyglot

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Theophrastus. Metaphysica.

Theophrastus.

Metaphysics--Early works to 1800.

Metaphysics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (532 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

On first principles

Place of Publication:

Leiden [Netherlands] ; Boston : Brill, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / D. Gutas

Chapter One. Introduction To The Essay / D. Gutas

Chapter Two. The Greek Text: Manuscripts, Translations, Stemma Codicum / D. Gutas

Chapter Three. The Arabic Text: Manuscripts, Transmission, Editions / D. Gutas

Excursus. Principles Of Graeco-Arabic Textual Criticism And Editorial Technique / D. Gutas

1. The Greek Text With English Translation / D. Gutas

1a. Supplementary Critical Apparatus To The Greek Text / D. Gutas

2. The Arabic Text With English Translation / D. Gutas

2a. Supplementary Critical Apparatus To The Arabic Text / D. Gutas

3. The Latin Translation By Bartholomew Of Messina / D. Gutas

Part III. Commentary / D. Gutas

Appendix. \'Known By Being Unknown\' (9a18–23) / D. Gutas

Word Indices And Glossaries / D. Gutas

Bibliography / D. Gutas

Index Nominum / D. Gutas

Index Locorum / D. Gutas.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

1-282-95085-1

9786612950858

90-04-18983-1

OCLC:

695990002

Publisher Number:

10.1163/ej.9789004179035.i-508 DOI