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(anante 7E=1) BEING THE PSYCHOLOGICAL PART OF KITKR AL-SHIFA’ - | Avicenna’s De Anima | LOND OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS 1959 CONTENTS ‘page vi Oxford Unicrsty Pre, men Hous, Landon E.G © Unico of Durham 2059 univensiras. wr. STADT- BISUOTEEK Kou A Jags, 4oe2 INTRODUCTION ‘Thr following prges, which represent the edito princep# ofthe vcbolegal part of Asicena's Kit a-Si have resulted Fens calticn of eight Arabic manuserpt, the Tehran Fitho- ‘Caphed text (03 Aa), a Eatin manusrpt (one of the exes Jet manuscripts of the work, ndly indicated to me by Mile ‘Th, D'Averny) and the medieval Latin edition of 1508. T1952 the Minitey of Education ofthe Enyptin Governaent published The Teoage of the Lage of the Skt edited by Dr. 1, Madkous, Mic Kinolcht, Father Anawai, and Mfr, Awan}, with a general Tnttoduction both in Arabic and French by Dr. Magkour and = pec Introduction in Arabic by the same. ‘Of about thee dozen Arabic manuscripts ofthe work mentioned, ty Father GC. Anawat in is Esa de Bibligrophie Aienniewne (Gobinhed by the Cultural Deparment ofthe Arab League, Ctio, (so) many ace either very recent or badly written. farther saree trgtation was the iaccessibliyof many manuscripts in ‘he Eas ether ough aekorinsdequacyofphotopraphiefacites Patt have been se to got funy tepresentative number of good Thanusogpis in the West and diree fom the East (Caio and Tbeunbal) so that 1 think it-unlely that the collation of any ace manosets would alec the text materially "The cares dated ramoseipt ofthe work is A which Father Anant has not toentioned in his Blagraphie(a commendable ‘Monk contining a great deal of wef information bu to be used With eave with regard to the Western manuscripts) and which Telogs tothe twelfth censary Ax. Ts colophon runs ie salen += geal cg Same elo nna co bat Boss Paaee oF ge He] tel “The second most important manuseript is (oot ded bat elie tobe of the thier entry whic cntinspethaps 1 White this eition wa in the pest M. Jin Dskok public is ESP Stag of Seences, For sy cota of thi eon ee the ich te Solel of Outland Area Sea, London, wh 5c gage (Car, 1952), Yodan, Arab 6 OOO RTT TOTO OTT

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