Title Page : * "The Fountain of Life (Fons Vitae)" (excerpt), by Solomon Ibn Gabirol, tr. by Harry E. Wedeck [1962], THE FOUNTAIN OF LIFE FONS VITAE SPECIALLY ABRIDGED EDITION BY SOLOMON IBN GABIROL (Avicebron) TRANSLATED FROM THE LATIN BY HARRY E. WEDECK WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY THEODORE E. JAMES WISDOM...
Demonstration Of Simple Substances. Part V : * "The Fountain of Life (Fons Vitae)" (excerpt), by Solomon Ibn Gabirol, tr. by Harry E. Wedeck [1962], PART V "Master:" You will understand how many things exist in one simple thing when we discuss the form of the universal intelligence, that bears the aggregate of all the forms. You will then...
Demonstration Of Simple Substances. Part Ii : * "The Fountain of Life (Fons Vitae)" (excerpt), by Solomon Ibn Gabirol, tr. by Harry E. Wedeck [1962], PART II Similarly in another way. If the immediate mover of the substance is infinite, the motion of the substance is infinite. But it is impossible for the motion of the substance to be...
Demonstration Of Simple Substances. Part I : * "The Fountain of Life (Fons Vitae)" (excerpt), by Solomon Ibn Gabirol, tr. by Harry E. Wedeck [1962], p. 1 DEMONSTRATION OF SIMPLE SUBSTANCES PART I "Pupil:" What is the problem that we are now to discuss in this book? "Master:" Since it is our intention to find the matter and the form in simple...
Untitled : Solomon ibn Gabirol, also known as Avicebron, was a Spanish-Jewish poet and philosopher of the eleventh century. This is a translation of a key extract from his major philosophical work, the Fons Vitae, or Fountain of Life. In this text, Gabirol uses a Socratic dialog as a framework to discuss his...
Demonstration Of Simple Substances. Part Vii : * "The Fountain of Life (Fons Vitae)" (excerpt), by Solomon Ibn Gabirol, tr. by Harry E. Wedeck [1962], PART VII "Master:" You have understood it quite well. But what follows? p. 113 "Pupil:" It follows that all that is in the inferior substances is in the superior substances, but not that all...
Introduction : * "The Fountain of Life (Fons Vitae)" (excerpt), by Solomon Ibn Gabirol, tr. by Harry E. Wedeck [1962], p. iv The present translation is based on the Latin text edited by Clemens Bumker in "Beitrge zur Geshichte der Philosophie des Mittelalters", I. Mnster, 1895. Volume Three of Ibn Gabirol's work...
Demonstration Of Simple Substances. Part Vi : * "The Fountain of Life (Fons Vitae)" (excerpt), by Solomon Ibn Gabirol, tr. by Harry E. Wedeck [1962], PART VI "Master:" I shall now demonstrate the existence of the simple substances according to the impression of the substances upon each other by the analytical method, although by the synthetic...
Demonstration Of Simple Substances. Part Iii : * "The Fountain of Life (Fons Vitae)" (excerpt), by Solomon Ibn Gabirol, tr. by Harry E. Wedeck [1962], PART III "Pupil:" It seems quite necessary to prove and demonstrate by necessary and universal proofs that the forms that are in the substance that supports the categories are the object...
Demonstration Of Simple Substances. Bibliography : * "The Fountain of Life (Fons Vitae)" (excerpt), by Solomon Ibn Gabirol, tr. by Harry E. Wedeck [1962], p. 133 BIBLIOGRAPHY Asin Palacious, Miguel. Abenmassara y su escuela. Origenes de la filosofia hispano-musulmana. Madrid, 1914. Brunner, Fernand. La Source de Vie. Livre III. Paris: Vrin, 1950...
Demonstration Of Simple Substances. Part Iv : * "The Fountain of Life (Fons Vitae)" (excerpt), by Solomon Ibn Gabirol, tr. by Harry E. Wedeck [1962], PART IV All that has more than a single figure to contain it can receive all the figures. And whenever a thing receives all the figures, every form is in its essence. Now the simple substance...