Alexander of Aphrodisias on the Cosmos: Arabic text with English Translation, Introduction and Commentary

Genequand

Alexander of Aphrodisias on the Cosmos: Arabic text with English Translation, Introduction and Commentary
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Brill
Country
NL
Published
2 February 2001
Pages
192
ISBN
9789004119635

Alexander of Aphrodisias on the Cosmos: Arabic text with English Translation, Introduction and Commentary

Genequand

This volume contains the Arabic translations of a lost treatise by Alexander of Aphrodisias (c. AD 200) On the Principles of the Universe with English translation, introduction and commentary. It also includes an Arabic and Syriac glossary. The introduction and commentary deal in detail with the manuscripts, the translators and the exegetical tendencies of the text, as well as with its reception in Arabic philosophy. The main theme of the work is the motion of the heavenly bodies and their influence on the physical world.

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