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  3. A Philosophy Reader from the Circle of Miskawayh
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      • Edited and translated by Elvira Wakelnig, Oriental Institute, University of Vienna
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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      30 September 2021
      30 January 2014
      ISBN:
      9781139026789
      9780521193610
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/9781139026789
      Dimensions:
      (247 x 174 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      1.2kg, 524 Pages
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      • Subjects:
      Medieval Philosophy, Philosophy Texts, Philosophy
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      Other Cambridge Editions
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    Medieval Philosophy, Philosophy Texts, Philosophy
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    This volume presents the first complete edition of Oxford, MS Marsh 539, a hitherto unpublished philosophy reader compiled anonymously in the eastern Islamic world in the eleventh century. The compilation consists of texts on metaphysics, physiology and ethics, providing excerpts from Arabic versions of Greek philosophical works (Aristotle, Plotinus, Galen) and works by Arabic authors (Qusta ibn Luqa, Farabi, Miskawayh). It preserves fragments of Greek-Arabic translations lost today, including Galen's On My Own Opinions, the Summa Alexandrinorum, and Themistius on Aristotle's Book Lambda. The philosophy reader provides a unique insight into philosophical activity of the place and time of the well-known philosopher Miskawayh, showing us which works had entered the mainstream and were considered necessary for philosophers to know. Elvira Wakelnig's volume includes a new facing-page English translation and a rich commentary which identifies the source texts and examines the historical and philosophical context of each passage.

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