Avicenna's De anima in the Latin West : the formation of a peripatetic philosophy of the soul 1160-1300
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Avicenna's De anima in the Latin West : the formation of a peripatetic philosophy of the soul 1160-1300
（Warburg Institute studies and texts, 1）
The Warburg Institute , Nino Aragno editore, 2000
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 315-336) and indexes
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Description
In the 12th century the "Book of the Soul" by the philosopher Avicenna was translated from Arabic into Latin. It had an immense success among scholastic writers and deeply influenced the structure and content of many psychological works of the Middle Ages. The reception of Avicenna's book is the story of cultural contact at an imipressively high intellectural level. The present volume investigates this successful reception using two approaches. The first is chronological, tracing the stages by which Avicenna's work was accepted and adapted by Latin scholars. The second is doctrinal, analyzing the fortunes of key doctrines. The sense of the original Arabic text of Avicenna is kept in mind throughout and the degree to which his original Latin interpreters succeeded in conveying it is evaluated.
Table of Contents
- Approaches to psychology: Dominicus Gundissalinus
- John Blund
- Michael Scot
- Anonymous (MS. Vat. lat. 175) - "dubitationes circa animam"
- Anonymous (Gauthier) and Anonymous (Callus)
- Roland of Cremona
- William of Auvergne
- Jean de la Rochelle
- "summa fratris Alexandri"
- Petrus Hispanus Portugalensis
- Albertus Magnus
- Thomas Aquinas
- the later 13th century. Doctrines: the flying man
- shellfish and nerves
- the theory of vision
- estimation and "intentions"
- prophecy
- the intellect.
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