Averroes l’inquietant
by Jean-Baptiste Brenet
Paperback (Published)
(May 2015)
ISBN: 9782251445335
5.28 x 8.27 inches
Price: $29.00
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Averroes fut difficile, continument scandaleux, toujours criant sous le scalpel venu le demembrer, parce qu’il fut pour des siecles, a tous ceux qui le lurent, etrangement inquietant. Jean-Baptiste Brenet, dans cet essai court et lumineux, expose les raisons de cette reputation.
English summary: Ibn Rushd, also known as Averroes, was one of the most important figures in the transmission of Greco-Arabic thought to the Latin West during the Middle Ages. His work was, however, also the source of heretical theories that troubled the European scholastic and religious establishment, which is the subject of this book. French description: De son vrai nom Abu l-Walid Muhammad ibn Ahmad Ibn Rusd, Averroes (1126, Cordoue – 1198, Marrakech) est le personnage de plusieurs histoires: medecin, juriste, cadi, philosophe et commentateur d’Aristote, il est a la fois l’heritier des grandes figures de la pensee greco-arabe, puis par la traduction, la diffusion et l’usage de ses oeuvres, l’une des sources majeures des cultures medievales juives et latines. Mais de ce maitre, la scolastique fit aussi un scandale. Pour des siecles, en Europe, Averroes sera le pere insense d’une theorie degradante et antireligieuse sur l’homme. Le livre parle de cela. (incipit de l’ouvrage)
1. Le suspect 2. Das Unheimliche 3. L'homme au sable 4. L'oeil arrache 5. Triomphe, vendetta 6. Dame me prie... 7. Etre mur 8. Cet homme est possede 9. Deux sujets, deux hommes 10. Miroir deforme 11. Confusion des etres, transfert des pensees 12. Moi, Dieu. La toute-puissance des pensees 13. La pensee, la repetition, la mort Conclusion. Tableau final Notes
- By (author) Jean-Baptiste Brenet
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