(1 reviews) Author: ISBN : 9780300116687 New from $357.50 Format: PDFBorn in 1126 to a family of Maliki legal scholars, Ibn Rushd, known as Averroes, enjoyed a long career in religious jurisprudence at Seville and Cordoba while at the same time advancing his philosophical studies of the works of Aristotle. This translation of Averroes’ Long Commentary on Aristotle’s De Anima brings to English-language readers the complete text of this influential work of medieval philosophy. Richard C. Taylor provides rich notes on the Long Commentary and a generous introduction that discusses Averroes’ most mature reflections on Aristotle’s teachings as well as Averroes' comprehensive philosophical views on soul and intellect. It is only in the Long Commentary that Averroes finally resolves to his satisfaction the much vexed issue of the nature of intellect, Taylor shows.
- Series: Yale Library of Medieval Philosophy Seri
- Hardcover: 608 pages
- Publisher: Yale University Press (October 20, 2009)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0300116683
- ISBN-13: 978-0300116687
- Product Dimensions: 1.5 x 6.4 x 9.4 inches
- Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds
Long Commentary on the De Anima of Aristotle PDF
Contrary to early modern myth, the rediscovery of Aristotle - long suppressed by the church, along with most Greek philosophy and science - in the middle ages was nothing short of revolutionary. Spanish Arab Ibn Rushd (Averroes) was the single most important figure in this whole process. Fiercely condemned for refusing to subordinate rational inquiry to religious dogma, Averroes nonetheless became the mainstay of medieval university curricula, setting a new standard for serious theoretical and scholarly discussion. This, his most controversial work, developed a very subtle and original interpretation of Aristotle's psychology that was strikingly different from the basically theological notions out of which standard modern Western notions of subjectivity arose. Richard Taylor's introduction clearly summarizes key points of the main text, dispelling centuries of crude and hostile caricature of so-called "averroism".By anonymous
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