The earliest translation of Aristotle's 'Categories': Text, translation, and commentary

King, Daniel 2010. The earliest translation of Aristotle's 'Categories': Text, translation, and commentary. Leiden: Brill.

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Abstract

Aristotle’s logic first became known in the Middle East through the medium of the Syriac language at a time prior to the rise of classical Arabic philosophy. The present volume makes available for the first time the earliest Syriac translation (sixth century AD) of the Categories, which is here edited together with an English translation, analytical commentary, glossaries and indices. The availability of such an important early work will enable the beginnings of the Semitic Aristotelian tradition to be studied more comprehensively. This will open the way to a better understanding of both the … read morestudy of Aristotelian logic in Syriac and also of the significance of the Syriac tradition for the genesis and rise of Arabic logic

Item Type:	Book
Book Type:	Scholarly Edition
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	History, Archaeology and Religion
Subjects:	D History General and Old World > D History (General) > D051 Ancient History Z Bibliography. Library Science. Information Resources > Z004 Books. Writing. Paleography
Additional Information:	Language: Syriac, English
Language other than English:	Syriac
Publisher:	Brill
ISBN:	9789042919990
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Last Modified:	04 Jun 2017 03:53
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/28563

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