Al-Farabi's Commentary and Short Treatise on Aristotle's de Interpretatione

by أبو نصر الفارابي, Al-Farabi, F.W. Zimmermann

Al-Farabi of Baghdad (c. 870-950) is the first major representative of the medieval Arabic Aristotelianism which came to influence the Christian West so profoundly. In the Islamic world his writings on logic set the pattern for the future and virtually created Islamic philosophy. He is also important as a witness to the study of Aristotle in late antiquity, demonstrating a knowledge of Galen and the exegetical tradition of Porphyry. This translation...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0197260667
• ISBN13: 9780197260661
• Release Date: December 1987
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 440 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"