A Preliminary Study of the Pseudo-Aristotelian Hermetica

The pseudo-Aristotelian Hermetica are an understudied yet influential group of texts surviving in Arabic that claim to record conversations between Aristotle and Alexander the Great. I propose a ninth-century dating for these texts on the basis of textual and contextual evidence. In them, Aristotle...

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Autor principal:	Liana Saif
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Publicado:	Columbia University Libraries 2021
Materias:	History of Asia DS1-937 Medieval history D111-203
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:447d84f30dd0491ca02c5d8924debccf2021-12-05T18:56:57ZA Preliminary Study of the Pseudo-Aristotelian Hermetica10.52214/uw.v29i1.88951068-1051https://doaj.org/article/447d84f30dd0491ca02c5d8924debccf2021-12-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journals.library.columbia.edu/index.php/alusur/article/view/8895https://doaj.org/toc/1068-1051 The pseudo-Aristotelian Hermetica are an understudied yet influential group of texts surviving in Arabic that claim to record conversations between Aristotle and Alexander the Great. I propose a ninth-century dating for these texts on the basis of textual and contextual evidence. In them, Aristotle instructs Alexander on two major subjects to aid his royal pupil’s military career and personal life: the cosmos, the genesis of everything in it, and astral magic. This study provides a preliminary analysis of the texts’ manuscripts and content, discussing what makes them Aristotelian and Hermetic and highlighting the resonances of Zoroastrian astro-cosmogenic doctrines. Liana SaifColumbia University LibrariesarticleHistory of AsiaDS1-937Medieval historyD111-203ENAl-ʿUṣūr al-Wusṭā, Vol 29, Iss 1 (2021)
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description	The pseudo-Aristotelian Hermetica are an understudied yet influential group of texts surviving in Arabic that claim to record conversations between Aristotle and Alexander the Great. I propose a ninth-century dating for these texts on the basis of textual and contextual evidence. In them, Aristotle instructs Alexander on two major subjects to aid his royal pupil’s military career and personal life: the cosmos, the genesis of everything in it, and astral magic. This study provides a preliminary analysis of the texts’ manuscripts and content, discussing what makes them Aristotelian and Hermetic and highlighting the resonances of Zoroastrian astro-cosmogenic doctrines.
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A Preliminary Study of the Pseudo-Aristotelian Hermetica

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