23-12-2016, 11:24 AM
(22-12-2016, 11:09 PM)Diane wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.One question which has to be addressed by anyone whose theory is that the manuscript's content is some standard text used in medieval Latin European education is this:
Why would anyone trouble to mystify a work whose plain text was available in every scholarly library and taught as part of the ordinary curriculum?
Just a thought...
Aristotle's work was 'rediscovered' - or better: en vogue - in the 12th century and surely standard text book or manuscript format in medieval libraries. That changed a century after the 're-birth' with the prohibition of Aristotelian philosophy and science (13th Century/end of the 13th century). Not sure how far the 'forbidden status' of all things Aristotle went (some argue it had no influence) but that surely could be one possible answer to your question (see your quote)? somewhat like a precaution to preserve Aristotle's thought on science and/philosophy?