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William of Moerbeke
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Born1215–35
Moerbeke, Holy Roman Empire
Died1286
Corinth, Principality of Achaea
Occupation(s)Philosopher, Catholic cleric, Translator
EraMedieval philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
SchoolScholasticism

William of Moerbeke, O.P. (Dutch: Willem van Moerbeke; Latin: Guillelmus de Morbeka; 1215–35 – c. 1286), was a prolific medieval translator of philosophical, medical, and scientific texts from Greek into Latin, enabled by the period of Latin rule of the Byzantine Empire. His translations were influential in his day, when few competing translations were available, and are still respected by modern scholars.

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Latin translations of the 12th century

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and On the Existence of Evils): William of Moerbeke, from Greek, 13th century Commentary on Plato's Parmenides: William of Moerbeke, from Greek, 13th century...

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Archimedes

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ISBN 978-0-7945-0225-6 (2006) Clagett, Marshall (1982). "William of Moerbeke: Translator of Archimedes". Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society. 126 (5):...

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quotes. Clagett, Marshall, "William of Moerbeke: Translator of Archimedes", pp. 356-366. Henninger-Voss, Mary J., "'New Science' of Cannons", p. 392. See Malet...

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Square of opposition

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incoherence of the square as formulated by Aristotle because there was no incoherence to see. He goes on to cite a medieval philosopher William of Moerbeke (1215–35...

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Poetics

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Alemannus in 1256. The accurate Greek-Latin translation made by William of Moerbeke in 1278 was virtually ignored. The Arabic translation departed widely in...

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Ancient Corinth

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Cyriacus the Anchorite (5th century), Christian saint William of Moerbeke (13th century), first translator of Aristotle's works into Latin Alcmaeon in Corinth...

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Scholasticism

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List of people named William

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bishop, son of Emperor Otto the Great William of St-Thierry (died 1148), theologian and mystic, abbot of St. Thierry William of Moerbeke (1215–1286),...

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History of political thought

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Greek to Latin by William of Moerbeke, had only been preserved by Muslim scholars, along with the commentaries of Averroes. Aquinas's use of them set the agenda...

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Science in the Renaissance

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and Greek sources into Latin. Two of the most prolific were Gerard of Cremona and William of Moerbeke. The greatest of all translation efforts, however...

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Geraardsbergen

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the nearby municipality of Lierde. Daniël van Geraardsbergen [nl] (1116–1196) William of Moerbeke (1215–1286), first translator of Aristotle's works into...

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On Floating Bodies

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Greek text hosted by Poesia Latina The Medieval Latin Translation by William of Moerbeke edited by Johan Heiberg English translation by Thomas Little Heath...

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Aristotle

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such as those by Gerard of Cremona, and from the original Greek, such as those by James of Venice and William of Moerbeke. After the Scholastic Thomas...

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Simplicius of Cilicia

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which William of Moerbeke had translated into Latin. Moerbeke finished the translation of the Categories commentary in March 1266, that of the commentary...

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Elements of Theology

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translated into Latin in 1268 by William of Moerbeke as Elementatio Theologica. The Elements of Theology is a compendium of 211 propositions that presents...

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Cosmological argument

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ardent student of Aristotle's works, a significant number of which had only recently been translated into Latin by William of Moerbeke . Summa Theologiae...

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Merbaka

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Arvanitika villages of Midea and Manesis. Merbaka is thought to have been named for William of Moerbeke, a 13th-century Roman Catholic archbishop of Corinth, scholar...

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Aristotelianism

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ineffective. William of Moerbeke (c. 1215–1286) undertook a complete translation of the works of Aristotle or, for some portions, a revision of existing translations...

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Vitello

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"a son of Thuringians and Poles." He studied at Padua University about 1260, then went on to Viterbo. He became friends with William of Moerbeke, the translator...

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List of Medieval European scholars

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