"On Aristotle`s ""Metaphysics"" - An Annotated Translation of the So-called ""Epitome"""

This book contains the first English translation of an important medieval treatise on Aristotle`s Metaphysics. The original Arabic text was composed around 1160 by the famous Andalusian philosopher Averroes (Ibn Rushd). The present translation has been prepared on the basis of a wide range of documents including, apart from the available Arabic editions, various medieval manuscripts as well as a Latin translation prepared in the Renaissance. It is accompanied by a commentary dealing with the major philosophical topics and philological problems of the text.