Themistius: On Aristotle Metaphysics 12
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Themistius: On Aristotle Metaphysics 12

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Themistius: On Aristotle Metaphysics 12

About this book

This is the only commentary on Aristotle's theological work, Metaphysics, Book 12, to survive from the first six centuries CE – the heyday of ancient Greek commentary on Aristotle. Though the Greek text itself is lost, a full English translation is presented here for the first time, based on Arabic versions of the Greek and a Hebrew version of the Arabic. In his commentary Themistius offers an extensive re-working of Aristotle, confirming that the first principle of the universe is indeed Aristotle's God as intellect, not the intelligibles thought by God. The identity of intellect with intelligibles had been omitted by Aristotle in Metaphysics 12, but is suggested in his Physics 3.3 and On the Soul 3, and later by Plotinus. Laid out here in an accessible translation and accompanied by extensive commentary notes, introduction and indexes, the work will be of interest for students and scholars of Neoplatonist philosophy, ancient metaphysics, and textual transmission.

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Information

Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic
Year
2020
Print ISBN
9781350189294
eBook ISBN
9781350127265
Edition
1
Topic
Philosophy
Subtopic
Ancient & Classical Philosophy

English–Hebrew–Arabic Glossary

The following glossary contains the English terms used in the present translation for their corresponding Arabic (when available) and Hebrew terms. It has been somewhat simplified and abridged compared to the following Indexes, which include precise locations and more elaborate forms and constructions.
English Hebrew Arabic
ability yekholet qudra
absolute muḥlaṭ
absolutely ba-muḥlaṭ ‘alā al-iṭlāq, muṭlaqān
abstain mashakh yado
abstract meshulal, mufshaṭ
absurd megunne
absurd, virtually qarov le-seḥoq muḥāl
absurdity genai, dibba shanā‘a
abundance ribbui kathra
abyss hāwiyya
accede hitra...

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-Title Page
  3. Series Page
  4. Title Page
  5. Acknowledgements
  6. Contents
  7. Translator’s Acknowledgements
  8. Conventions
  9. Introduction
  10. Textual Emendations
  11. Translation
  12. Notes
  13. Bibliography
  14. English–Hebrew–Arabic Glossary
  15. Hebrew–Arabic–English Index
  16. Arabic–Hebrew–English Index
  17. Subject Index
  18. Copyright