Title Theophrastus On first principles : (known as his Metaphysics) : Greek text and medieval Arabic translation / edited and translated with introduction, commentaries and glossaries, as well as the medieval Latin translation, and with an excursus on Graeco-Arabic editorial technique by Dimitri Gutas.

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Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010.

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Description	1 online resource (xxiii, 506 pages).
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Series	Philosophia antiqua, 0079-1687 ; v. 119
	Philosophia antiqua ; v. 119.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 481-490) and indexes.
Contents	Preface; Abbreviations and Reference Works; part i introduction to the texts; part ii the texts and translations; part iii commentary; Appendix. "Known by Being Unknown" (9a18-23); Word Indices and Glossaries; Bibliography; Index Nominum; Index Locorum.
Summary	The short aporetic essay "On First Principles" by Theophrastus, thought to have been transmitted as his "Metaphysics," is critically edited for the first time on the basis of all the available evidencea "the Greek manuscripts and the medieval Arabic and Latin translationsa "together with an introduction, English translation, extensive commentary, and a diplomatic edition of the medieval Latin translation. This book equally contributes to Graeco-Arabic studies as ancilla of classical studies, and includes the first critical edition of the Arabic translation with an.
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Language	Text of Theophrastus' On first principles in Greek with English translation on facing pages; followed by a version in medieval Arabic with English translation on facing pages; followed by a Latin version translated by Bartholomew of Messina. Introduction and commentary in English.
Subject	Theophrastus. Metaphysica.
	Metaphysica (Theophrastus)
	Theophrastus. Metaphysica.
	Metaphysics -- Early works to 1800.
	Metaphysics.
Chronological Term	Early works to 1800
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	Early works.
Added Author	Gutas, Dimitri.
	Bartolomeo da Messina, active 13th century.
Added Title	Metaphysica. Polyglot https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2009059910
	On first principles
Other Form:	Print version: Theophrastus. Metaphysica. Polyglot. Theophrastus On first principles. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010 9789004179035 (DLC) 2009038896 (OCoLC)439211067
ISBN	9789004189836 (electronic book)
	9004189831 (electronic book)
	1282950851
	9781282950856
	9789004179035
	9004179038

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