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Isaac Israeli : a neoplatonic philosopher of the early tenth century : his works translated with comments and an outline of his philosophy / by A. Altmann and S. M. Stern ; with a new foreword by Alfred Ivry.
- Title
- Isaac Israeli : a neoplatonic philosopher of the early tenth century : his works translated with comments and an outline of his philosophy / by A. Altmann and S. M. Stern ; with a new foreword by Alfred Ivry.
- Author
- Israeli, Isaac, approximately 832-approximately 932
- Publication
- Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2009, c1958.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | B759.I82 E5 2009 | Off-site |
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- Description
- 226 p.; 22 cm.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- The book of definitions : preliminary note, translation, and comments (by S. M. Stern) -- The book of substances : preliminary note, translation, and comments (by S. M. Stern) -- The book on spirit and soul : preliminary note, translation, and comments (by S. M. Stern) -- The Mantua text : preliminary note, translation, and comments (by A. Altmann) -- An excerpt from the book on the elements : preliminary note, translation, and comments (by A. Altmann) -- The philosophy of Isaac Israeli (by A. Altmann) -- The downward way -- The creator -- First matter and first form (wisdom) -- Intellect -- The three souls -- Nature -- Creation, emanation, and natural causality -- The elements and composite substances -- The upward way -- Purification -- Illumination -- Union -- The role of philosophy -- The role of prophecy.
- ISBN
- 9780226016139 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 0226016137 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- ^^2009013449
- OCLC
- 713701542
- SCSB-12480661
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library