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Item type:Publication, Pondering Mohammed Abed Al-Jabri’s Project of an ‘Arab Reason’Mohammed Abed Al-Jabri (d. 2010) is one of the most important and stimulating contemporary Arabic philosophers. He is well-known for his project Critique of Arab Reason (Naqd al-ʿaql al-ʿArabī), in which he deconstructs the Arabic philosophical and cultural tradition, revitalizing the rationalist legacy of the classical period, mainly, the philosophical ideas of Ibn Rushd (Averroes). According to Al-Jabri, the renewal of Arab thought requires a non-traditionalist understanding of tradition. In this paper, I shall critically examine Al-Jabri’s “contextualist” methodology. I first provide some historical background for understanding Al-Jabri’s concern with fostering a critique of Arab reason. Secondly, I discuss the way Al-Jabri reinterprets Islamic intellectual history, emphasizing his attempt to overcome the idiosyncratic approaches to Arab culture, namely, religious Salafists, Orientalists, and left nationalists. Thirdly, I discuss the extent to which his renewal of classical intellectual tradition, mainly his approach to Ibn Rushd, allows for the socio-political and cultural reformation of an Arab identity through his idea of “understanding oneself through the other.” Finally, I highlight some successful aspects of Al-Jabri’s epistemic project and its potential relevance for the present. ©The author ©MDPI. - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:Publication, Du rythme et des opposés : Note sur Aristote Métaphysique Λ 1075b12-13 : ἐὰν μὴ ῥυθμίσῃ τις(Librairie Philosophique J. Vrin, 2022)Lévystone, DavidThe paper argues that the usual contemporary understanding and translation of Aristotle’s affirmation in Metaph. Λ, 1075b12-13 πάντες δ᾽ οἱ τἀναντία λέγοντες οὐ χρῶνται τοῖς ἐναντίοις, ἐὰν μὴ ῥυθμίσῃ τις relies on a misconception of the signification of the verb ῥυθμίζω. A short survey of the meaning and uses of the verb in vth and ivth BC texts, and a careful reading of its interpretations by the ancient commentators who paid attention to this specific passage of Aristotle (Ps.-Alexander, Aquinas, Averroes, Themistius), shows that ῥυθμίζω may be taken in its technical, metaphysical sense (to ‘form’, ‘to add a form [on matter]’), as it was found also in Democritus or Antiphon. A correct understanding of the verb leads to a new interpretation of this passage of Aristotle, by revealing a more complete and accurate criticism of the theses that he intends here to denounce. ©Librairie Philosophique J. Vrin ©The author.25 1 - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:Publication, ¿Un equívoco en la tradición aristotélica? Las interpretaciones de Metafísica α 1, 993 b 23-31(Universidad Panamericana. Facultad de Filosofía, 2021)Berti, EnricoEn este artículo presento una traducción y análisis de Metafísica α 1, 993 b 23-31 para, posteriormente, mostrar cómo la interpretación de Alejandro de Afrodisias de dicho pasaje condujo a los filósofos medievales a atribuir a Aristóteles una doctrina de la creación. Para Alejandro, las cosas más verdaderas y los seres que son en grado sumo de los que habla Aristóteles en Met. α 1, pasaje que originalmente hablaba sobre la relación entre las premisas y las conclusiones de demostraciones, son los motores inmóviles, que tienen una relación de imitación o participación con las cosas que de ellos dependen. En Averroes, quien prefiere la noción neoplatónica de “perfección”, la causalidad del motor inmóvil se vuelve una causalidad eficiente en sentido fuerte: una explicación no sólo del movimiento del cielo, sino de su ser y el de todas las cosas. Así, hace de Aristóteles un filósofo monoteísta y creacionista implícitamente. Tomás de Aquino, empleando las nociones de “ser por esencia” y “ser por participación” y derivando del “ser siempre verdadero” el simple “ser siempre”, también hace del primer motor inmóvil un creador y funda explícitamente su interpretación en el texto de Aristóteles7 62