Abstract
This article examines Pseudo-Aristotle’s Risālat al-Tuffāḥa or Kitāb al-Tuffāḥa (Lat. Liber
de Pomo, Eng. The Book of the Apple) in terms of its history, possible authorship, and manuscripts,
presents an overview of its contents and includes a critical edition of its complete Arabic version,
which has never been critically edited before. The edition is based on the manuscript closest to the
original Arabic version of the treatise, and a comparison with a second complete manuscript was
made. The present article argues that Risālat al-Tuffāḥa was first compiled in Arabic within al-Kindī’s
circle, then appropriated by Bāṭinī-Ismāʿīlī and Hermetic traditions, and circulated in the literature
of gnomologia and the books of ṭabaqāt. However, it was not an acceptable treatise according to
Mashshāʾī philosophers due to their emphasis on scientificity and awareness of its pseudepigraphy.
Moreover, the Hebrew-Latin tradition’s interest in the treatise is notable, as it was part of their broader
effort to appropriate all of Aristotle’s works, thereby facilitating the acceptance of philosophy in Jewish
and Christian societies. Consequently, Pseudo-Aristotle’s Risālat al-Tuffāḥa is a religious-philosophical
work that facilitated the reconciliation of philosophy and religion and was circulated in the Islamic,
Jewish, and Christian worlds for this very reason.
Keywords
Pseudo-Aristotle Risālat al-Tuffāḥa Kitāb al-Tuffāḥa Liber de Pomo The Book of The AppleShare
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- Authors: Muhammed Burak Bakır, Master's Student, İstanbul 29 Mayıs University
- DOI: dx.doi.org/10.12658/Nazariyat.10.1.M0226en
- Volume: 10 / Issue: 1
- Page: 133-214
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