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Document Details : Title: Averroes' Rewrite of Aristotle's Metaphysics Δ Subtitle: Establishing the Plain Meaning of the Text in the Middle Commentary Author(s): HALPER, Yehuda Journal: Recherches de Théologie et Philosophie Médiévales Volume: 86 Issue: 2 Date: 2019 Pages: 259-281 DOI: 10.2143/RTPM.86.2.3287113 Abstract : Averroes’ Middle Commentary on Aristotle’s Metaphysics Δ provides a rewrite of Aristotle’s text that was apparently intended to convey the plain meaning of the text to a general, though at least somewhat educated, audience. Such a commentary was necessary because ᾿Usṭāṯ’s ninth-century Arabic translation was insufficient in many respects for conveying Aristotle’s ideas into Arabic. Accordingly, Averroes’ Middle Commentary sought to rephrase and rewrite the text in such a way as to clarify the text, correct apparent errors in it, simplify the text, and add short explanations to it. This article offers a philological characterization of the Middle Commentary that should be an aid for reading the text and comparing it with other commentaries, especially Averroes’ Long Commentary on Aristotle’s Metaphysics Δ. |
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