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The (‘The Meanings of the Philosophers’) of Abū al-Ghazālī († 1111) is the first part of a composite work in which the author — the theologian of Islam par excellence — takes a considered stand with regard to the teachings of the philosophers, especially al-Fārābī and Ibn Sīnā. In the first part his purpose is simply the presentation of their doctrines in logic, metaphysics and physics. The second part, the famous Tahāfut al-falāsifa (‘The Incoherence of the Philosophers’), aims at exposing their self-contradictions on many points — the eternity of the world, God's knowledge of singulars, etc.
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80 ensis, muero, gladius = layt y asad (lobo); vino y bebida alcohólica (Alonso 16); der Löwe, der Leu; der Wein, der Rauschtrank (Beer 31). The translators have replaced the examples of the original with the standard examples of the Latin tradition, but have at the same time confused the terminology. Ensis etc. are in Martianus Capella, De nupt. philol. et merc. IV 357 (ed. Dick; Leipzig 1925), an example for plurivocum; in Boethius, In Categ. I (PL 64. 164) (cf. In Porph. com. sec. II 6 [PL 64. 96]), an example for multivoca; in Alcuin, De dialectica 3 (PL 101.955), an example of polyonyma. On the terminology, cf. Alonso 15 n. 7.Google Scholar
84 canis — sidere = ayn (ojo) respecto del oro, del sol, de la balanza, del ojo de agua (Alonso 16). Again cf. Boethius, De interpr. pr. I 5 (PL 64. 302): Canis enim cum sit aequivocum, semel totum latrabilem, secundo totum caelestem, et rursus totum marinum significat. (Cf. var. lect. of ANG).Google Scholar
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54 imaginari — ponere] imaginarios posse ponere TM; imaginari non posse ponere G; nos posse imaginari ponere Q; nos posse imaginari LC 55 aestimari — ponere] aestimari non esse ponere TM; nos aestimari posse ponere X; nos posse aestimari QCGoogle Scholar
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145 separatur] separetur ANGXLSC 150 discretio] descriptio NVPRQWXLeSC 151 fit] add. apposita VSGoogle Scholar
188 et commune accidens] commune et accidens ANG; et accidens commune VPRQWLeC; et commune X; accidens et commune SGoogle Scholar
18 et] om. TANG 8 vel] add. credulitas et contradictio vel QWXLS 8 falsitas] vel credulitas et contradictio VCGoogle Scholar
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123 Oportet — disiunctis = Dejo al lector el cuidado de poner ejemplos de negativas particulares y universales de las condicionales copulativas y disyuntivas (Alonso 33).Google Scholar
145 non1] om. TANGVR 145 sed] om. T 145 impossibile] add. non esse G 147 intellige] intelligit ANGVRWLS; intelligitur QWCGoogle Scholar
147 Non continetur — quantum non impossibile = En este caso lo necesario no se incluye en lo posible, como en el caso primero se incluía. Lo posible en el primer caso no pre-exige que el objeto sea también posible en cuanto a la inexistencia. Mejor dicho, algunas veces tanto la inexistencia como la necesidad de existir son imposibles, porque se trata de lo no imposible. Lo posible en este caso designa solamente lo no imposible (Alonso 34).Google Scholar
160 contradicent] contradiceret NVQ; contradicerent R; contradicant GW 160 sibi] om. V; alioquin — sibi] om. T 169 si] et VRXLS; om. NC 171 intelligit] intelligis TANGWGoogle Scholar
160 Coactus est volens = El coaccionado es un ser libre (Alonso 34).Google Scholar
176 Relationibus: The originai adds here another condition: 6) Que no difieran por razón del tiempo y del lugar (Alonso 35).Google Scholar
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85 Sensibile et non lapis appears to have been out of place in the text from which the translation was made; cf. Alonso 40.Google Scholar
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87 On the additions made by the translators in the description of the various modes see Alonso 40-46, nn. 23-32.Google Scholar
122 excluduntur] excludentur TAVRWS 138 etiam] autem TANGWX 150 reiecisti] conieci; reiectis TANGYXLS; reūtis R; eiectis Q; W; reitis CGoogle Scholar
148 After Item 8 the translators appear to have omitted two paragraphs: De consiguiente, la menor afirmativa universal con mayor afirmativa universal da una consecuencia legítima, lo que también ocurre con mayor negativa universal; pero no sucede lo propio con mayores particulares. | La menor afirmativa particular con mayor afirmativa universal y con mayor negativa universal da una conclusión legitima, pero no la da con mayores particulares. (Alonso 41-3).Google Scholar
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155 E converso minoris affirmativae = apparently a misunderstanding of debido a que la anularán las menores (Alonso 43).Google Scholar
178 IV 87ff.Google Scholar
205 est particularis etiam hic] est particularis et etiam hic ANG; est hic particularis est et VRQWXL; particularis est hic etiam S; est particularis et hic et C 220 ponendo sententiam illius] sententiam illius ponendo TANG; ponendo scientiam illius VQWXLS; ponendo illius scientiam RGoogle Scholar
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275 Sicut — animai] sicut igitur hic est homo hic est animai AG; sicut hic est homo hic est animal VRQSC; sicut hoc si homo est animal X; sicut hic est homo vel est animal LGoogle Scholar
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337 Quod quidem] similiter quidquid codd. exc. R 340 quodque1] quidem TANG 340 omnis] om. TANG 341 quodque] quidem TANG 343 poterit] poteris TR; possit GC; potest L 344 temza] tenza TANG; temza id est cocodrillus Q; temiza W; themica X; LGoogle Scholar
344 Temza = timsāḥ (Arab, ‘crocodile’).Google Scholar
347 In auctoritatibus legis = en jurisprudencia (entre los alfaquíes) (Alonso 50).Google Scholar
351 Doctores legis = los juristas (alfaquíes) y los mutakallimūn (teólogos musulmanes) (Alonso 50).Google Scholar
365 suam infirmitati] infirmi T; infirmitati A; infirmari NG 370 firmum esse] infirmum esse ANSC; esse infirmum VRQWXL 382 temza] tenza TG; thensach Q; temiza W; themica X; temica L; C; om. N 384 iam] om. VRQWXLS 384 ante certitudinem] ante certitudo TX; antequam certitudinem WC 385 antequam vim] om. ANGRVQWL; antequam X 385 argumentationis] argumentationem X; antequam vim argumentationis] argumentationis vel propositionis CGoogle Scholar
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429 Hoc non — sine alio = prueba eso que la cosa no consiste en esos tres y que del cuarto no pasa. Aun así non probaría eso que lo que deba decirse, esté irremisiblemente ligado al cuarto, porque posible es que en ese cuarto caso se contengan dos respectos y lo que deba decirse dependa formalmente del uno y no del otro (Alonso 53).Google Scholar
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18 figura om. ANGRQWXLSC 473 introducere] inducere ANGQSC 473 sic sed si] conieci; hic sed si TS; sic si N; hic sic si GVRQW; hic sic L; hic st ut X; hic s. si C 474 verum] unum ANGVR 488 figura] add. abg VRQWCGoogle Scholar
494 capitulum — syllogismi] om. TC; in mg. A 502-504 scilicet cum fuerit ex ferro — materiae] om. T 520 ex ea composita] om. T; haec ANG; ex ea RQS; facta ex illa W; facta ex ea XL; ex his C 521 convincenti] convenienti VRQWXLSCGoogle Scholar
521 Opinabilis opinione convincenti = cuando las premisas no pasan de opiniones, que por entonces están en boga (Alonso 56).Google Scholar
529 sumica] simica G; fiumei V; fumic'a R 546 omni] om. TQXSGoogle Scholar
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582 te et dixerit] dicens VRQWXL; te dicens SCGoogle Scholar
592 Non ergo — argumentatione = en resumen, no hay duda de que el conocimiento es en este caso motivado por el medio, pero el entendimiento no advierte que su conocimiento se debe a ese medio y silogismo (Alonso 58).Google Scholar
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18 The sense of this paragraph is clear, but the text appears to be corrupt. Cf. Alonso 62.Google Scholar
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18 argumentationum] argumentationis et add. de analyticis posterioribus VRQXS 9 rei] om. TANG 14 inanitas] humanitas NGQLS 18 necten] netem T; neccen NS; G; V; neten ARXL; ntē CGoogle Scholar
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99 petitiones = proposiciones (Alonso 70).Google Scholar
117 omni communicanti] omni incommunicanti TANGVXL; non communicanti SGoogle Scholar
109 Omnis mensura — inquiri = toda magnitud participada por otra magnitud es del mismo género que ella y en el género no pueden distinguirse (Alonso 70).Google Scholar
117 Omnis mensura — simpliciter = las magnitudes distintas de una cosa son también distintas de toda otra magnitud que convenga con ellas y por eso se ha tomado la magnitud distinta (individual) y no la magnitud abstracta (Alonso 70).Google Scholar
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142 Ibid., comm. conc. 2, 3 (Heiberg ed.; I 11).Google Scholar
148 Ibid., postul. 3 (Heiberg ed.; I 9).Google Scholar
159 IV 676ff.Google Scholar
160 ut animal homini = como animal respecto de hombre (Alonso 72).Google Scholar
165 praedicatus — subiectum = el predicado de la premisa está fundado en el sujeto en cuanto tal (Alonso 72).Google Scholar
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