A Syriac encyclopaedia of Aristotelian philosophy : : Barhebraeus (13th c.), Butyrum sapientiae, books of ethics, economy, and politics : a critical edition, with introduction, translation, commentary, and glossaries / / by N. Peter Joosse.

This volume deals with the part on practical philosophy in Barhebraeus's "Butyrum sapientiae" or " Cream of Wisdom". The practical philosophy in this large encyclopaedia of Aristotelean thinking in this Syriac language consists of three books: Ethics, Economy and Politics. T...

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Superior document:Aristoteles Semitico-Latinus ; 16
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Place / Publishing House:Leiden, The Netherlands ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2004]
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Year of Publication:2004
Language:English
Syriac
Series:Aristoteles Semitico-Latinus ; 16.
Physical Description:1 online resource.
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Summary:This volume deals with the part on practical philosophy in Barhebraeus's "Butyrum sapientiae" or " Cream of Wisdom". The practical philosophy in this large encyclopaedia of Aristotelean thinking in this Syriac language consists of three books: Ethics, Economy and Politics. The books of Ethics and Politics have been edited, translated and commented upon for the very first time in this publication. These books are unique and probably the only specimens of its kind, surviving in the Syriac language and literature. They were written at the end of Barhebraeus's life (1285/86) during a period in which the Syriac language had been rapidly losing ground to Arabic and was to almost disappear as a living language not long after the author's death.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages [258]-274) and indexes.
ISBN:9047414004
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: by N. Peter Joosse.