AbÅ« al-ḤajjÄj YÅ«suf b. Muḥammad Ibn ṬumlÅ«s (Alhagiag Bin Thalmus, d. 620/1223) was a philosopher, physician and direct disciple of Ibn Rushd (Averroes, d. 595/1198), who lived and practiced rational sciences in Alzira and Marrakesh, a quarter of a century after the demise of his teacher. Ibn ṬumlÅ«s was not Ibn Rushd's only student who engaged in work on logic, but one of dozens of disciples, suggesting that the supposed simultaneous death of the latterâs philosophy is âgrossly exaggeratedâ. As a valuable window into the practice of logic in 13th century al-Andalus and the Maghreb, Ibn ṬumlÅ«s' Compendium on Logic (Al-Mukhtaá¹£ar fÄ« al-maná¹iq) covers all the parts of âthe expanded Organonâ, as it was known since al-FÄrÄbÄ« (d. 339/951). The present volume offers a complete critical Arabic edition of this work, with an English and Arabic introduction, notes and indices.
"This edition of Ibn ṬumlÅ«sâs Compendium on Logic is a significant contribution to several different fields within Islamic studies, including the development of Arabic logic, the history of post-classical Islamic thought, as well as the heritage of Ibn Rushd, in addition to being an essential text for further information about Ibn ṬumlÅ«s and his thought." Naser Dumairieh, University of Montreal, in: Islamic Studies 59 (2020): 397â406
"Ben Ahmedâs excellent critical edition and study of Ibn Tumlus âshortâ compendium of logic (at an impressive 500âodd pagesâ¦) is long awaited. [â¦] The publication of this important work is therefore a tremendous achievement in filling in important gaps in the story of Ibn Rushd's legacy and an opportunity, at last, to study the work of one of Andalusia's greatest and most unique philosophical minds." Karim Gabor Kocsenda, in The Muslim World Book Review 42/1 (2021)
English Introduction Table of Contents (in Arabic)Preface (in Arabic) Arabic Introduction The Edition
âá¹¢adr al-kitÄb (Foreword)
âAl-BÄb al-awwal (the First Chapter)
âAl-BÄb al-thÄnÄ« (the Second Chapter): KitÄb al-maqÅ«lÄt (Book of Categories)
âKitÄb al-Ê¿ibÄra (Book of Interpretation)
âKitÄb al-qiyÄs (Book of Syllogism = Prior Analytics)
âKitÄb al-taḥlÄ«l (Book of Analysis)
âKitÄb al-burhÄn (Book of Demonstration)
âKitÄb al-amkina al-mughalliá¹a (Book of Sophistical Topics)
âKitÄb al-jadal (Book of Dialectic)
âKitÄb al-khatÄba (Book of Rhetoric)
âKitÄb al-shiÊ¿r (Book of Poetics)
Bibliography Index
All interested in the history of âArabicâ logic after Ibn Rushd, and anyone concerned with the history of Arabo-Islamic philosophy in al-Andalus and the âArabicâ reception of Ibn Rushdâs thought.