The Aristotelian Tradition In Syriac John W Watt Watt John W by John W. Watt [watt, John W.] 9781138334663, 1138334669 instant download after payment.

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.