Averroes' Natural Philosophy and its Reception in the Latin West

by Paul J. J. M. Bakker (Editor)

Overview

In English and French.

Ibn Rushd (1126–1198), or Averroes, is widely known as the unrivalled commentator on virtually all works by Aristotle. His commentaries and treatises were used as manuals for understanding Aristotelian philosophy until the Enlightenment. Both Averroes and the movement commonly known as "Latin Averroism" have attracted considerable attention from historians of philosophy and science. Most studies focus on Averroes' psychology, particularly on his doctrine of the "unity of the intellect," Averroes’ natural philosophy as a whole and its influence still remain largely unexplored. This volume aims to fill the gap by considering various aspects of Averroes’ natural philosophical thought and evaluating its impact on the history of philosophy and science between the late middle ages and the early modern period.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789462700468
Publisher:	Leuven University Press
Publication date:	06/15/2016
Series:	Ancient and Medieval Philosophy-Series 1
Edition description:	Bilingual
Pages:	280
Product dimensions:	6.20(w) x 9.50(h) x 0.90(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

Table of Contents

Paul J.J.M Bakker
Introduction

Cristina Cerami
L'éternel par soiJean-Baptiste Brenet
Alexandre d’Aphrodise ou le matérialiste malgré luiDag Nikolaus Hasse
Averroes’ Critique of Ptolemy and Its Reception by John of Jandun and
Agostino NifoSilvia Donati
Is Celestial Motion a Natural Motion?

Cecilia Trifogli
The Reception of Averroes’ View on Motion in the Latin WestEdith Dudley Sylla
Averroes and Fourteenth-Century Theories of AlterationCraig Martin
Providence and Seventeenth-Century Attacks on AverroesBibliographyIndex Codicum Manu ScriptorumIndex Nominum