TALK: Alexander Treiger
鈥淛udeo-Arabic Manuscripts and History of Philosophy: Solving the Mystery of the Longer Theology of Aristotle鈥�
Join us for a talk by Alexander Treiger (Professor of Religious Studies, AV俱乐部).
The Longer Theology of Aristotle is one of the most mysterious philosophical texts of the Middle Ages. Though originally written in Arabic, probably by a Muslim, and certainly not by Aristotle, it is preserved only in Judeo-Arabic (i.e., Arabic in Hebrew letters) and in a sixteenth-century Latin translation. This text is an expanded version of the (Short) Theology of Aristotle, a peculiar Arabic reworking of Plotinus鈥� Enneads. However, in addition to the Plotinian material that it has in common with the (Short) Theology of Aristotle, the Longer Theologyhas many fascinating interpolations. They exhibit a unique 鈥淟ogos doctrine,鈥� i.e., the idea that the divine Logos (or 鈥淲ord鈥�) is an intermediary hypostasis between the Creator and His first creation, the Intellect. As the Longer Theology is, for the most part, still unpublished and has not been translated into any language (except early modern Latin), we will have to look at the Judeo-Arabic manuscripts to see what kind of text this is, when it was written, who wrote it, and what it has to offer us, modern readers.
Location: Classics Library, McCain Arts & Social Sciences Building Room 1184
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