Abd al-Latif al-Baghdadi. “Book on the Science of Metaphysics, 14.” Trans. İlyas Altuner. Entelekya Logico-Metaphysical Review 8, no. 1 (2024): 01-10.
‘Abd al-Laṭīf al-Baghdādī’s Book on the Science of Metaphysics is an important work that contains the influence of both Alexander of Aphrodisias and Themistius in the interpretation of Aristotle. Only chapters 13-16 belong to the Lambda. The limitation results first of all from the main purpose of the work, namely to present a new witness for the reception of Arabic metaphysics. As can be seen from the introduction of the work, the work is conceived as a unified whole and may be meant as a kind of summa of metaphysics, a synopsis of four writings that hold high rank among medieval metaphysical works – especially since ‘Abd al-Latif apparently regarded not only the Metaphysics but also his other sources as originating from Aristotle, the First Teacher. This translation includes only the eighth chapter of the Book Lamda.