quidam sacerdotum Arabiae [Ibn Zurʿa]

in Albert the Great, Metaphysica I.2.8, p. 25.7-15

Occurrence of the quotation formula
quidam sacerdotum Arabiae , p. 25.7-8
Paraphrase Consensual
Propter quod quidam sacerdotum Arabiae fertur dixisse: ‘Vae vobis homines, qui computati estis in numerum bestiarum et laboratis servitute reciproca, ut ex vobis nascatur liber’. Nullus enim liber in hominibus est, sed omnes laborant ad commodum, ei quod in ipsis divinum est, non intendentes. Est autem maxime ancilla natura humana secundum acceptionem scientiae, sicut patet ex dictis.

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Notes
For the identification of Ibn Zur’ a, see: A. BERTOLACCI, Albertus Magnus and “Avenzoreth” (Ibn Zurʿa, d. 1008): Legend or Reality?, in: A. PARAVICINI BAGLANI, J. P. BOUDET (eds), The Medieval Legends of Philosophers and Scholars. Proceedings of the International Colloquium Les légendes des savants et philosophes (Moyen Âge et Renaissance), Tours, 16-18 septembre 2010, Centre d'Études Supérieures de la Renaissance, Micrologus, 21, 2013, pp. 369-396.