This volume brings together contributions from distinguished scholars in the history of philosophy, focusing on points of interaction between discrete historical contexts, religions, and cultures found within the premodern period. The contributions connect thinkers from antiquity through the Middle Ages and include philosophers from the three major monotheistic faiths—Judaism, Islam, and Christianity.
By emphasizing premodern philosophy’s shared textual roots in antiquity, particularly the writings of Plato and Aristotle, the volume highlights points of cross-pollination between different schools, cultures, and moments in premodern thought. Approaching the complex history of the premodern world in an accessible way, the editors organize the volume so as to underscore the difficulties the premodern period poses for scholars, while accentuating the fascinating interplay between the Greek, Hebrew, Arabic, and Latin philosophical traditions. The contributors cover many topics ranging from the aims of Aristotle’s cosmos, the adoption of Aristotle’s Organon by al-Fārābī, and the origins of the□ Plotiniana Arabica to the role of Ibn Gabirol’s Fons vitae in the Latin West, the ways in which Islamic philosophy shaped thirteenth-century Latin conceptions of light, Roger Bacon’s adaptation of Avicenna for use in his moral philosophy, and beyond. The volume’s focus on "source-based contextualism" demonstrates an appreciation for the rich diversity of thought found in the premodern period, while revealing methodological challenges raised by the historical study of premodern philosophy.
Contextualizing Premodern Philosophy: Explorations of the Greek, Hebrew, Arabic, and Latin Traditions is a stimulating resource for scholars and advanced students working in the history of premodern philosophy.
Edition 1st EditionFirst Published 2023eBook Published 15 February 2023Pub. Location New YorkImprint RoutledgePages 538eBook ISBN 9781003309895
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |26 pages
Narrating Premodern Philosophy in Greek, Hebrew, Arabic, and Latin
Origins, Developments, InnovationsSize: 0.25 MBpart I|152 pages
Traditions and Their Origins
chapter 1|27 pages
Why the Prime Mover Is Not an Exclusively Final Cause
Alexander of Aphrodisias and AverroesSize: 0.28 MBSize: 0.22 MBSize: 0.24 MBSize: 0.24 MBSize: 0.21 MBSize: 0.20 MBSize: 0.31 MBpart II|182 pages
Traditions Facing Forward
chapter 8|44 pages
How Light Makes Color Visible
The Reception of Some Greco-Arabic Theories (Aristotle, Avicenna, Averroes) in Medieval Paris, 1240s–50sSize: 0.30 MBSize: 0.24 MBSize: 0.31 MBSize: 0.22 MBSize: 0.12 MBSize: 0.15 MBSize: 0.20 MBSize: 0.23 MBpart III|134 pages
Forging New Traditions
chapter 16|30 pages
The Emergence of a Science of Intellect
Albert the Great's De intellectu et intelligibiliSize: 0.23 MBSize: 0.21 MBchapter 18|28 pages
“Incepit quasi a se”
Averroes on Avicenna's Philosophy in the Long Commentary on the De animaSize: 0.32 MBSize: 0.12 MBSize: 0.23 MBchapter 21|24 pages
Unfounded Assumptions
Reassessing the Differences among Averroes' Three Kinds of Aristotelian CommentariesSize: 0.29 MB
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