Metaphysica. Polyglot

Theophrastus On first principles : (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.

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010.

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Text of Theophrastus' On first principles in Greek with English translation on facing pages; followed by a version in medieval Arabic with English translation on facing pages; followed by a Latin version translated by Bartholomew of Messina. Introduction and commentary in English.

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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.

Print version: Theophrastus On First Principles (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

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English; Arabic; Greek, Ancient (to 1453); Latin

October 19, 2023

Includes bibliographical references (p. [481]-490) and indexes.