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Medieval Philosophers Research Guide

A select list of Medieval Philosophers.

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Primary Sources

Commentarium Magnum in Aristotelis De Anima Libros
Crawford, F. Stuart. Cambridge, Mass.: The Mediaeval Academy of America, 1953. B749.C8 L3 v.6 pt.1 (Stacks)

Middle Commentary on Aristotle’s De Anima
A critical edition of the Arabic text with English translation, notes, and introduction by Alfred L. Ivry. Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University Press, 2002. B415.A9 A96213 2002 (Stacks)

Opera cum Averrois Commentariis
Includes some of Averroes’ works in addition to his commentaries on Aristotle. Frankfurt am Main: Minerva G.b.H., 1962-1974. B406 1962 (Stacks)

Tahafut al-Tahafut (The Incoherence of the Incoherence)
Translated from the Arabic by Simon van den Bergh. London, Luzac, 1954. B749.T4 E5 1954 (Stacks)

Middle Commentary on Porphyry’s Isagoge
Translated from the Hebrew and Latin versions, and on Aristotle’s Categoriae, translated from the original Arabic and the Hebrew and Latin versions. With notes and introduction by Herbert A. Davidson. Cambridge, Mass., Mediaeval Academy of America, 1969. B749.C8 E5 v.la pt.1-2 (Stacks)

Commentary on Plato’s Republic
Edited with an introduction, translation, and notes by E. I. J. Rosenthal. Cambridge University Press, 1956. PA4279.R7 A95 (Stacks)

Ibn Rushd’s Metaphysics: A Translation with Introduction of Ibn Rushd’s Commentary on Aristotle’s Metaphysics, Book Lām
Genequand, Charles. Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1984. BP20 .I8 v.1 (Stacks)

Averroes’ De Substantia Orbis: Critical Edition of the Hebrew Text with English Translation and Commentary
Hyman, Arthur. Cambridge, Mass.: Medieval Academy of America; Jerusalem: Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, 1986. B749 .M32 H4 1986 (Stacks)  

L’Intelligence et la Pensée: Grand Commentaire du De anima: Livre III (429 a 10-435 b 25) 
Libera, Alain. Paris: Flammarion, 1998. B415 .A93 1998 (Stacks)

Secondary Sources

Averroes and His Philosophy
Leaman, Oliver. Oxford: Clarendon Press; New York: Oxford University Press, 1988. B749 .Z7 L43 1988 (Stacks)

Averroès et L’averroïsme
Hayoun, Maurice-R. Paris: Presses universitaires de France, 1991. B749 .Z7 H39 1991 (Stacks)

Ibn Rushd, Averroes
Urvoy, Dominique. London; New York: Routledge, 1991. B749 .Z7 U78 1991 (Stacks)

Averroes and the Aristotelian Tradition: Sources, Constitution, and Reception of the Philosophy of Ibn Rushd (1126-1198)
Proceedings of the Fourth Symposium Averroicum, Cologne, 1996. Leiden; Boston: Brill, 1999. B749 .Z7 S95 1999 (Stacks)