Theophrastus On first principles [electronic resource] : (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.

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Theophrastus [Browse]
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Book
Language
English
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Leiden [Netherlands] ; Boston : Brill, 2010.
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1 online resource (532 p.)

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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.
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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English
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.
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On first principles
ISBN
  • 1-282-95085-1
  • 9786612950858
  • 90-04-18983-1
OCLC
  • 695990002
  • 439211067
Doi
  • 10.1163/ej.9789004179035.i-508
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