Sergius of Reshaina, Introduction to Aristotle and his Categories, Addressed to Philotheos, Syriac Text, Introduction, Translation, and Commentary by Sami Aydin, (Aristoteles Semitico–Latinus, 24), Leiden – Boston: Brill, 2016, XI + 328 pp., 9789004324954 (hbk), 9789004325142 (e-book)

Myriam WISSA

doi:10.21071/mijtk.v0i2.6729

Abstract

Review of: Sergius of Reshaina, Introduction to Aristotle and his Categories, Addressed to Philotheos, Syriac Text, Introduction, Translation, and Commentary by Sami Aydin, (Aristoteles Semitico–Latinus, 24), Leiden – Boston: Brill, 2016, XI + 328 pp., 9789004324954 (hbk), 9789004325142 (e-book)

Highlights

In this engaging volume, Sami Aydin has provided carefully edited documents detailing the life and works of the famous Sergius of Reshaina (d. 536)
The contents of the volume are a window into Aristotelian philosophy in Syriac. They highlight the traditions and concepts taught at the Neoplatonist school of Ammonius Hermeiou (d. 517526) in Alexandria
Sami Aydin has divided his treatment of the treatise into four sections: (i) an introduction; (ii) four chapters on Sergius writing, background, comments of Aristotle, linguistic observations on Aristotle‘s Categories; (iii) the text of the Syriac original with an English translation of each version immediately following on the same page; and (iv) a commentary

Summary

Introduction

Sami Aydin has provided carefully edited documents detailing the life and works of the famous Sergius of Reshaina (d. 536). Two related texts Categories and Physics extant in Syriac were written by this physician and commentator about the philosophy of Aristotle. Aydin revisits the previous translation of Sergius’ shorter treatise preserved in Berlin- Manuscript Petermann I 9 (Sachau no 88) published by Robert R.

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