TEXT

Risālah fī al-radd ʿalá al-munajjimīn

Title (arabic)

رسالة في الردّ على المنجّمين

Title (translit)

Risālah fī al-radd ʿalá al-munajjimīn

Alias

Risālaẗ fī al-radd ʿalỳ al-munajjimīn
Risālah fī ibṭal aḥkām al-nujūm
Maqālah fī ibṭal ʿilm aḥkām al-nujūm
Risālah fī ibṭal ʿilm aḥkām al-nujūm

Author

Language

Arabic

Subject

Notes

In some manuscripts this work has been attributed to Fārābī.

In addition to this treatise, Ibn Sīnā’s attitude toward astrology is conveyed in the way he categorizes astronomy and astrology in his Aqsām al-ʿulūm al-ʿaqliyya. There astronomy is made an exact mathematical science whereas astrology is part of natural philosophy. Previously in both the Islamic and earlier Greek traditions, the two were usually put into the same category. This demarcation seems to be new with Ibn Sīnā, but it becomes fairly standard after him. Cf. Ragep, Ṭūsī's Memoir (Tadhkira) [1993], 1: 34-5.

ismi_id

90291

Literature References

Von Mehren, A. 1884. “Vues D'avicenne Sur L'astrologie Et Sur Le Rapport De La Responsabilité Humaine Avec Le Destin”. Muséon 3: 382-403.

French summary.

Rozenfeld, Boris, and Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu. 2003. Mathematicians, Astronomers And Other Scholars Of Islamic Civilisation And Their Works (7Th-19Th C.). Istanbul: Research Centre for Islamic History, Art, and Culture.

Pp. 125 (no. 317), A4.

Michot, Yahya. 2000. Lettre Au Vizir Abû Saʻd: Editio Princeps D'après Le Manuscrit De Bursa. Beirut: Editions al-Bouraq.

French translation of the introduction, with reproduction of ff. 91v-92r of Leiden, Warn. Or. MS 1020, pp. 24-26.

Ülken, Hilmi. 1953. Ibn Sina Risâleleri. Les Opuscules D'ibn Sina. 3 vol.. Istanbul: Ibrahim Horoz Basımevi.

Printed text, vol. 2, pp. 49-67.

Wiedemann, Eilhard. 1922. “ Zur Geschichte Der Astrologie”. Das Weltall 22-23 (9/12; 1/2): 109-14, 121-26; 1-7.

German translation.