Ferrari C (2020)
Publication Type: Authored book
Publication year: 2020
Publisher: Springer Science+Business Media
ISBN: 9789402416657
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-024-1665-7_234
Abū l-Faraj ʿAbdallāh ibn al-Ṭayyib’s life in Baghdad marked the end of an era in which he and his fellow scholars cultivated the heritage of ancient Greek philosophy, notably Aristotle’s philosophy. Thanks to Mattā b. Yūnus and Yaḥyā b. ‘Adī, there had arisen a scholarly tradition that flourished over several generations and whose last representative was Ibn al-Ṭayyib himself. These scholars wrote commentaries on Aristotle’s works by studying the Greek commentaries of late classical antiquity, by translating them, and also by writing some based in form and content on ancient Greek models. Ibn al-Ṭayyib was the author of numerous commentaries on philosophy, theology, and medicine and taught at the hospital (al-Māristān al-‘Aḍudī) that had been founded by the Buyid ʿAḍuddawla. That his writings were intended for teaching purposes is evident from their form and content. The study of philosophy was an integral part of the training of medical doctors. Indeed, medical students were expected to be thoroughly grounded in Aristotle, in addition to having a sound knowledge and understanding of Plato. Accordingly, their studies began with the Organon, which at that time also included rhetoric and poetics. They also studied elementary logic, which was especially important in so far as it was held that only through the instrument of logic could a doctor, let alone an ordinary human being, distinguish between the true and the false and thus make correct judgments.
APA:
Ferrari, C. (2020). Ibn al-Ṭayyib. Springer Science+Business Media.
MLA:
Ferrari, Cleophea. Ibn al-Ṭayyib. Springer Science+Business Media, 2020.
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