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Topika Üzerine Küçük Şerh (İbn Rüşd)
Short Commentary on Aristotle’s Topics

Author(s): Charles E. Butterworth
Contributor(s): Ali Tekin (Translator)
Subject(s): Logic, Ancient Philosphy, Philosophy of Middle Ages, Middle-East Philosophy
Published by: Karadeniz Teknik Üniversites - İlahiyat Fakültesi
Keywords: Aristotle; Ibn Rushd; Kitâb al-Jadal; short commentary; dialectical method;

Summary/Abstract: Peripatetic tradition of logic and philosophy has built itself on the basis of the works of Aristotle and had this name because of this feature. Peripatetic philosophers have used different writing styles in works which they wrote on both logic and philosophical sciences. Islamic philosopher Ibn Rushd who is one of the most important commentators on Aristotle wrote commentaries on Aristotle’s different works in three styles as jawâmi’, talkhîs and tafsîr. The work named Jawamiu Kitab al-Jadal is short commentary on Aristotle’s Topics. This work is a good example of short commentary that is one of the classical writing styles.

  • Issue Year: 1/2014
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 189-197
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: Turkish