Algazel [al-Ġazālī]

in Albert the Great, Metaphysica V.1.4, p. 217.22-28

Occurrence of the quotation formula
Algazel, p. 217.28
Paraphrase Critical
Et secundum hunc modum sunt petitiones et suppositiones et diffinitiones elementa primarum demonstrationum. Et hoc etiam modo verissimae sunt propositiones elementa quaedam conclusionum. Et hoc non vidit Avicenna, qui negat omnia ista, et similiter Algazel, insecutor Avicennae.

Quoted text(s)

  • C. LOHR, Logica Algazelis: Introduction and Critical Text, « Traditio », 21, 1965, pp. 223-290, p. 273, 495-496
    Materia syllogismi sunt propositiones. Quae si fuerint credibiles et verae, erunt conclusiones credibiles et verae.

References in current editions

  • J. MUCKLE, Algazel’s Metaphyiscs : A Mediaeval Translation, St. Michael’s College, Toronto 1933, I. 2, c. 11, (ed. MUCKLE: p. 58)
Notes
In the case of the quotations of pages 217 and 254, there is no passage in Algazel expressing precisely this doctrine. For more, see: M. SIGNORI, « Ut limpidius hoc clarescat ». A Survey of al-Ġazālī’s Quotations in Albert the Great’s Works, « Documenti e studi sulla tradizione filosofica medievale », XXX, 2019, pp. 596-7, nn. 44-45.
Bibliographical notes
Edition updated and source corrected by M. SIGNORI in M. SIGNORI, « Ut limpidius hoc clarescat ». A Survey of al-Ġazālī’s Quotations in Albert the Great’s Works, « Documenti e studi sulla tradizione filosofica medievale », XXX, 2019, pp. 471-623.