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.

• Superior document: Aristoteles Semitico-Latinus ; 16
• VerfasserIn: Joosse, N. Peter,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, The Netherlands ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2004]; ©2004
• Year of Publication: 2004
• Language: English; Syriac
• Series: Aristoteles Semitico-Latinus ; 16.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource.

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.

Table of Contents

Preface -- Introduction -- Sigla and Abbreviations -- Note on the Variant Readings -- Note on the Syriac font -- Text and Translation Barhebraeus' Butyrum Sapientiae -- Critical Apparatus -- Commentary -- Referenes -- Glossaries and Indices.