In this contribution, in the context of the Greek-Arabic tradition of Themistius’ paraphrase of Aristotle’s Posterior Analytics, I would like to highlight a quotation from therein used in al-Fārābī’s first discourse of the al-Madḫal ilā l-ṣināʿa (Introduction to the Art), the first treatise of Kitāb al-Mūsīqī al-kabīr, where Posterior Analytics is mentioned several times.

An Arabic quotations for Themistius’ paraphrase of Posterior Analytics in al-Fārābī’s Great Book of Music

Cecilia Martini
2026

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In this contribution, in the context of the Greek-Arabic tradition of Themistius’ paraphrase of Aristotle’s Posterior Analytics, I would like to highlight a quotation from therein used in al-Fārābī’s first discourse of the al-Madḫal ilā l-ṣināʿa (Introduction to the Art), the first treatise of Kitāb al-Mūsīqī al-kabīr, where Posterior Analytics is mentioned several times.
2026
The Power of the Words:Themistius on the Crossroad of Ages and Languages
9783111650470
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