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In a discussion at the Fondation Hardt1 Professor Richard Walzer reminded classical scholars and historians of philosophy that they largely ignore the fact that Arabic translations of hitherto unknown Greek texts are becoming known in steadily increasing numbers, either through editions of the Arabic texts or, more often, because more detailed information about existing manuscripts is now available. The following example well illustrates his point.
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© 1971 Martinus Nijhoff, The Hague, Netherlands
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Düring, I. (1971). Ptolemy’s Vita Aristotelis Rediscovered. In: Plamer, R.B., Hamerton-Kelly, R. (eds) Philomathes. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-2977-3_20
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