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The Philosophy of Ptolemy in Greek, Arabic and Hebrew Contexts

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450 Seiten

2026
Brill (Verlag)
978-90-04-74713-5 (ISBN)

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Ptolemy (d. ca 170) was perhaps the most famous theoretician of celestial science of his time, up to the Renaissance. Yet al-Kindī (d. ca 870), who was the first philosopher to write in Arabic, seems to have considered him to be a philosopher as well. According to him, the preface to the Almagest “touches upon the noblest topics of philosophy”. But how did Ptolemy see himself? And how do later writers, whether in late antiquity or the Islamicate world, interpret his project? This is the framework within which the chapters of this volume unfold, illuminating Ptolemaic philosophy and its reception, a subject that has remained understudied until very recently. It is supplemented by editions and translations of key texts at issue in Greek and Arabic.

Alan C. Bowen, Director of the Institute for Research in Classical Philosophy and Science, is a historian of Greco-Latin science and philosophy. His books include Cleomedes’ Lectures on Astronomy (UC Press, 2004) with Robert B. Todd, New Perspectives on Aristotle’s De caelo (Brill 2009) with Christian Wildberg, Simplicius on the Planets and Their Motions: In Defense of a Heresy (Brill 2013), and Hellenistic Astronomy: The Science in Its Contexts (Brill 2020) with Francesca Rochberg. Emma Gannagé, Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Philosophy at the American University of Beirut. Her research interests include Graeco-Arabic and Islamic philosophy and medicine. Among her publications: Alexander of Aphrodisias, On Aristotle On Coming-to-Be and Perishing 2.2-5 (2nd ed. Bloomsbury 2014); Philosophy, Sciences and Theology in the Islamicate World of the Ninth Century, Mélanges de l’Université Saint-Joseph 69 (2021-22), with E. Wakelnig and P. Koetschet.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	19.3.2026
Reihe/Serie	Islamic Philosophy, Theology and Science. Texts and Studies ; 133
Verlagsort	Leiden
Sprache	arabisch; englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Östliche Philosophie
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie Altertum / Antike
ISBN-10	90-04-74713-3 / 9004747133
ISBN-13	978-90-04-74713-5 / 9789004747135
Zustand	Neuware