Reception of Aristotelian Physics in Arabic and Latin

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 16H06997
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: Sociology/History of science and technology
• Research Institution: Hiroshima University
• Principal Investigator: Mimura Taro 広島大学, 総合科学研究科, 准教授 (50782132)
• Project Period (FY): 2016-08-26 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: アラビア語写本 / イスラーム科学史 / アリストテレス自然学

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this research project, I focused on editing the Arabic original of Liber de orbe, which was traditionally attributed to Mashaallah, an astrologer in the Abbasid court, as well as translating the Arabic text into English. Since this work was not written by Mashaallah, but by Dunash ibn Tamim, a Tunisian court physician, the analysis of the whole contents of this work revealed Dunash's aim of composing this work: by explaining the rationality of the whole natural phenomena, he concluded that this rational world cannot be created except by the wisest one God. That is, this work was written for providing a proof of the existence of the one God.

Free Research Field

古代中世科学史・アラビア語文献学