The Aristotelian Tradition in Syriac: 1074

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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. Cover Series Page Half Title Title Copyright CONTENTS Acknowledgements Introduction 1 From Alexandria to Baghdad: Max Meyerhof revisited 2 From Sergius to Mattā: Aristotle and Pseudo-Dionysius in Syriac tradition 3 The Syriac Aristotle between Alexandria and Baghdad 4 Sergius of Reshaina on the prolegomena to Aristotle’s logic: the commentary on the Categories, chapter two 5 The prolegomena to the Aristotelian philosophy of George, bishop of the Arabs 6 Why did Ḥunayn, the master translator into Arabic, make translations into Syriac? On the purpose of the Syriac translations of Ḥunayn and his circle 7 The Syriac translations of Ḥunayn ibn Isḥāq and their precursors 8 Greek thought and Syriac controversies 9 Julian’s Letter to Themistius – and Themistius’ response? 10 Themistius and Julian: their association in Syriac and Arabic tradition 11 Literary and philosophical rhetoric in Syriac 12 Greek philosophy and Syriac culture in Abbasid Iraq 13 Graeco-Syriac tradition and Arabic philosophy in Bar Hebraeus 14 Aristotle’s Rhetoric and political thought in the Christian Orient and in al-Fārābī, Avicenna, and Averroes Index