Middle Commentaries on Aristotle

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medieval commentary tradition philosophical commentary

Middle Commentaries on Aristotle are a series of influential philosophical and explanatory works by Averroes that provide systematic, intermediate-level interpretations of Aristotle’s major texts for students and scholars in the medieval Islamic and later Latin traditions.

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Label	Occurrences
Middle Commentaries (Averroes)	1
Middle Commentaries of Averroes	1
Middle Commentaries on Aristotle canonical	1
Middle Commentary on the Categories	1
Middle Commentary on the De Generatione et Corruptione	1
Middle Commentary on the Metaphysics	1
Middle Commentary on the Nicomachean Ethics	1
Middle Commentary on the Poetics	1
Middle Commentary on the Posterior Analytics	1
Middle Commentary on the Prior Analytics	1
Middle commentaries on Aristotle	1
Short Commentaries on Aristotle	1
Short commentaries on Aristotle	1
شروح الفلاسفة المسلمين على أرسطو	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	medieval commentary tradition ⓘ philosophical commentary ⓘ
author	Averroes ⓘ Averroes ⓘ surface form: Ibn Rushd
distinguishedFrom	Long Commentaries on Aristotle ⓘ Short Commentaries on Aristotle ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Middle Commentaries on Aristotle ⓘ surface form: Middle Commentaries (Averroes) Middle Commentaries on Aristotle ⓘ surface form: Middle Commentaries of Averroes Averroes’ Aristotelian corpus ⓘ surface form: Talkhīsāt of Averroes
hasAudience	Latin scholastic philosophers ⓘ scholars of the medieval Islamic world ⓘ students of philosophy ⓘ
hasLanguage	Arabic ⓘ
hasPart	Middle Commentaries on Aristotle self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Middle Commentary on the Categories Commentary on Aristotle's De Anima ⓘ surface form: Middle Commentary on the De Anima Commentary on Aristotle's De Caelo ⓘ surface form: Middle Commentary on the De Caelo Middle Commentaries on Aristotle self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Middle Commentary on the De Generatione et Corruptione Middle Commentaries on Aristotle self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Middle Commentary on the Metaphysics Commentary on Aristotle's Meteorology ⓘ surface form: Middle Commentary on the Meteorology Middle Commentaries on Aristotle self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Middle Commentary on the Nicomachean Ethics Middle Commentary on the Physics ⓘ Middle Commentaries on Aristotle self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Middle Commentary on the Poetics Middle Commentaries on Aristotle self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Middle Commentary on the Posterior Analytics Middle Commentaries on Aristotle self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Middle Commentary on the Prior Analytics Middle Commentary on the Rhetoric ⓘ Commentary on Aristotle's Topics ⓘ surface form: Middle Commentary on the Topics
hasPurpose	to clarify Aristotle’s arguments and structure ⓘ to provide intermediate-level explanations of Aristotle ⓘ to serve as teaching texts for students of philosophy ⓘ
historicalPeriod	12th century ⓘ
influenced	Jewish medieval philosophy ⓘ Latin Averroists ⓘ surface form: Latin Averroism Latin scholasticism ⓘ Siger of Brabant ⓘ St. Thomas Aquinas ⓘ surface form: Thomas Aquinas
mainSubject	Aristotelian philosophy ⓘ Aristotle ⓘ
methodologicalFeature	intermediate level between epitome and long commentary ⓘ paraphrastic explanation ⓘ systematic exposition of Aristotle’s text ⓘ
partOf	Averroes’ Aristotelian corpus ⓘ
philosophicalTradition	Aristotelianism ⓘ surface form: Averroism Islamic philosophy ⓘ Peripatetic tradition ⓘ
placeOfOrigin	Islamic West ⓘ Al-Andalus ⓘ surface form: al-Andalus
relatedWork	Long Commentaries on Aristotle ⓘ Short Commentaries on Aristotle ⓘ
transmittedTo	Latin West ⓘ medieval universities ⓘ
usedAs	textbooks in philosophy ⓘ

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Averroes → notableWork → Middle Commentaries on Aristotle ⓘ

this entity surface form: Short Commentaries on Aristotle

دلالة الحائرين → يستخدم_مصادر → Middle Commentaries on Aristotle ⓘ

this entity surface form: شروح الفلاسفة المسلمين على أرسطو

Aben Rushd → notableWork → Middle Commentaries on Aristotle ⓘ

this entity surface form: Middle commentaries on Aristotle

Aben Rushd → notableWork → Middle Commentaries on Aristotle ⓘ

this entity surface form: Short commentaries on Aristotle

Middle Commentaries on Aristotle → hasAlternativeName → Middle Commentaries on Aristotle ⓘ

this entity surface form: Middle Commentaries of Averroes

Middle Commentaries on Aristotle → hasAlternativeName → Middle Commentaries on Aristotle ⓘ

this entity surface form: Middle Commentaries (Averroes)