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Description of  Neoplatonism from the 13th to the 17th Century: Unpublished Commentaries on 'Liber de Causis' and 'Elementatio Theologica' (Studia Artistarum) (English, French and Italian Edition)

One of the most important books in the history of medieval philosophy, the ""Book of causes"" was composed in Bagdad in the 9th century mainly from the Arabic translations of Proclus' ""Elements of Theology"". It was translated from Arabic into Latin (in the 12th century) and from Latin into Armenian (in the 17th century). The exceptional discovery of over 65 unpublished commentaries (mainly in Latin) on the ""Book of causes"" and the ""Elements of Theology"", prove, for the first time, that the two texts where widely disseminated and commented throughout many of the European universities (Paris, Oxford, Erfurt, Krakow, Prague). This volume provides partial or complete editions of the newly-discovered commentaries, and yields, through historical and philosophical analyses, new and essential insights into the influence of Greek-Arabic Neoplatonism in the Latin and Armenian philosophical traditions until the 17th centuryOne of the most important books in the history of medieval philosophy, the ""Book of causes"" was composed in Bagdad in the 9th century mainly from the Arabic translations of Proclus' ""Elements of Theology"". It was translated from Arabic into Latin (in the 12th century) and from Latin into Armenian (in the 17th century). The exceptional discovery of over 65 unpublished commentaries (mainly in Latin) on the ""Book of causes"" and the ""Elements of Theology"", prove, for the first time, that the two texts where widely disseminated and commented throughout many of the European universities (Paris, Oxford, Erfurt, Krakow, Prague). This volume provides partial or complete editions of the newly-discovered commentaries, and yields, through historical and philosophical analyses, new and essential insights into the influence of Greek-Arabic Neoplatonism in the Latin and Armenian philosophical traditions until the 17th century.