Ibn Ba a, Commentary on Aristotle's 'On Generation and Corruption' - Critical Edition and Translation with an Introduction and Glossaries

Ibn Bagga's commentary on Aristotle's On Generation and Corruption (Kitab al-Kawn wa-l-fasad, Latin De generatione et corruptione) is one of the first commentaries to elaborate on the essential aspect of Aristotle's text, that is, the analysis of change (mi beta , ta ayyur). The commentary's extant parts comprise a consecutive exposition of the contents of Aristotle's work. However, the commentary may be read more as an introduction or a guide to the topic of generation than as a substitution for the original, as the paraphrases by Averroes seem to have become in the later tradition. The present study provides a new critical edition of the Arabic text and, for the first time, an English translation and a study of the structure of the commentary on the basis of the only two known manuscripts.

Product details

• Authors: Corrado la Martire
• Publisher: De Gruyter
• Languages: English, Arab
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2021
• EAN: 9783110705928
• ISBN: 978-3-11-070592-8
• No. of pages: 150
• Dimensions: 170 mm x 14 mm x 240 mm
• Weight: 408 g
• Series: Scientia Graeco-Arabica
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity