Abstract
The Sententia cum questionibus in libros De anima I–II Aristotelis (c. 1240) by Petrus Hispanus provides the first quotations of the Guide for the Perplexed by Maimonides in a Latin commentary to the De anima. This paper aims to show the textual context of these references and to provide some remarks on the role they play in the theory of the intellect in this commentary.
Highlights
There are as many different opinions concerning Prophecy as concerning the Eternity or Non-Eternity of the Universe
The Sententia cum questionibus in libros De anima I–II Aristotelis (c. 1240) by Petrus Hispanus provides the first quotations of the Guide for the Perplexed by Maimonides in a Latin commentary to the De anima
This paper aims to show the textual context of these references and to provide some remarks on the role they play in the theory of the intellect in this commentary
Summary
Not all of his views were always well understood or correctly appropriated For this reason, Kluxen prefers to use the expression ‘Maimonides’s image’ because his texts were not always well known in this first Latin reception, and quite frequently, the allusion to his explanations reflects only some opiniones communes.. Maimonides wrote on prophecy in several works, as seen in his Commentary on the Mishnah, the Mishneh Torah, and his Epistle to the Jews of Yemen.. Maimonides wrote on prophecy in several works, as seen in his Commentary on the Mishnah, the Mishneh Torah, and his Epistle to the Jews of Yemen.6 His theory of Maimonides’s First Reception in Latin Philosophy prophecy in the Guide for the Perplexed is explicitly developed in the second part, from chapter 21 to chapter 48. Like some other important doctrines in that book, his view shows an assimilation of Aristotelianism – an assimilation seen in the doctrines of some other Arabic authors, such as al-Farabi or al-Kindi before him
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