The article focuses on the meanings of the term quwwa intended by Ibn Bāğğa (Avempace, ca. 1085-1139) in three of his commentaries on Aristotle’s books On Coming-to-Be and Passing-Away, the Physics, and his treatises History of Animals,... more
The article focuses on the meanings of the term quwwa intended by Ibn Bāğğa (Avempace, ca. 1085-1139) in three of his commentaries on Aristotle’s books On Coming-to-Be and Passing-Away, the Physics, and his treatises History of Animals, On the Parts of Animals and Generation of Animals put together into a Book of Animals in the Arabic tradition
This paper proposes an survey of the evolution of the meanings of the Hebrew term "mofet" from the Biblical sense of miracle/miraculous proof to the medieval meaning of demonstrative proof. This evolutions parallels that of the Arabic... more
This paper proposes an survey of the evolution of the meanings of the Hebrew term "mofet" from the Biblical sense of miracle/miraculous proof to the medieval meaning of demonstrative proof. This evolutions parallels that of the Arabic term "burhān".
The Romanian religious terminology is, in many cases, ambiguous, which makes extremely difficult the translation of medieval philosophical and theological works. This situation can also be encountered when translating from an ancient... more
The Romanian religious terminology is, in many cases, ambiguous, which makes extremely difficult the translation of medieval philosophical and theological works. This situation can also be encountered when translating from an ancient language into another and, partially, into other modern languages. The lack of terminology is often due to the lack of its specialisation. The present article reviews certain current problems of translating Thomas Aquinas’ texts and furthers some solutions, leaving room to some open questions as well.
