Talkh s Kit b al-Qiy s, Commentary on The Book of the Syllogism (Aristotle's Analytica Priora).

Edité par Timurid Persia circa AD., 1500

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Arabic manuscript on paper, 143 leaves plus 1 flyleaf, 19 lines to the page written in black slanted naskh, headings and important words in red, occasional marginal commentary, in a black gilt Safavid stamped binding with polychrome filigree doublures. An ownership note on folio 1A reads: The book Analut qiy , which is the Book of the Syllogism, authored by Aristotle and translated by Ibn al-Muqaffa', passed into the possession of the humblest servant, Ibn Muhammad B qir Jaafar, in the year nine hundred and eighty-one. The author: Ab al-Wal d Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Rushd (1126–1198), known in the Latin West as Averroes, was one of the most influential thinkers of the medieval world. Born in Córdoba, the great intellectual centre of al-Andalus, he trained in law, medicine, theology, and philosophy. His early career combined service as a jurist and physician with a deep engagement in the study of Aristotle, whose works were being rediscovered and systematically commented upon across the Islamic world. Averroes' fame rests above all on his philosophical writings, especially his vast series of commentaries on Aristotle, for which he was hailed in Europe as The Commentator. These ranged from short epitomes to expansive, line-by-line exegeses, and together they provided the most comprehensive account of Aristotelian logic, natural philosophy, and metaphysics available in the Middle Ages. Translated into Hebrew and Latin from the thirteenth century onward, his works shaped the course of scholastic philosophy, influencing figures such as Thomas Aquinas, Siger of Brabant, and later Renaissance humanists. In the Islamic world, Averroes stood at the intersection of philosophy, law, and theology. He defended the compatibility of reason and revelation in works such as Tah fut al-Tah fut (The Incoherence of the Incoherence), written in response to al-Ghaz l . He also contributed to medicine with his encyclopedic Kulliyy t (the Colliget in Latin). His intellectual project reflected the dynamism of twelfth-century al-Andalus, where Muslim, Jewish, and Christian scholars shared a common commitment to rational inquiry. Averroes' legacy embodies the transmission of Greek philosophy through the Islamic tradition into Europe, making him a pivotal figure in the history of philosophy. The text: Talkh s Kit b al-Qiy s is Averroes' Middle Commentary on Aristotle's Prior Analytics, the foundational treatise in which Aristotle first articulates the theory of the syllogism, the core of ancient and medieval logical science and the starting point of the Organon. In the Middle Commentaries, Averroes recasts Aristotle's arguments into a clear, pedagogical style designed for teaching, striking a balance between concise epitomes and exhaustive line-by-line exegesis. This tiered approach—short (j mi'), middle (talkh s), and long (tafs r)—is one of Averroes' major contributions, allowing readers of different levels to engage systematically with Aristotelian logic and helping to establish his reputation as "The Commentator" in the Latin West. Aristotle's Prior Analytics holds a privileged position within the Organon, laying out the rules by which valid conclusions necessarily follow from premises—the figures and moods of the syllogism. Because logic was regarded not as a science but as the instrument of all the sciences, mastery of the Prior Analytics was essential for philosophical, medical, theological, and legal reasoning throughout late antiquity and the medieval period. By reorganising and clarifying Aristotle's material, Averroes ensured the continued vitality of the Organon-centred curriculum across Arabic, Hebrew, and Latin traditions, keeping the art of demonstration central to intellectual life. The manuscript is especially valuable for its textual history. The opening folio attributes the work to the translation of Ibn al-Muqaffa (d. c. 757), the celebrated Abbasid-era translator whose renderings of Greek philosophical texts—including the Organon—forme.…

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Talkh s Kit b al-Qiy s, Commentary on The Book of the Syllogism (Aristotle's Analytica Priora).
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Aristotle & Averroes (Ab al-Wal d Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Mu ammad ibn Ahmad ibn Rushd).
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Timurid Persia circa AD.
Année de publication
1500
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