Al-Razis Buch, Geheimnis der Geheimnisse (Razi [Rhazes]; edited by Julius Ruska)

“Buch über Geheimnis der Schöpfung und die Darstellung der Natur” von Pseudo-Apollonios von Tyana

URSULA WEISSER (editor), "Buch uiber Geheimnis der Schopfung und die Darstellung der Natur" von Pseudo-Apollonios von Tyana, Aleppo, Institute for the History of Arabic Science, 1979, 4to, pp. xiii, 66, 702, $15.00 (paperback). This book is an Arabic edition of an alchemical work, Sirr al-khalFqa (Secret of creation), also known by the title Kitab al-'ilal (Book of causes). It begins with a Pre...

Das “Buch über das Geheimnis der Schöpfung” von Pseudo-Apollonios von Tyana

special wisdom from the Ruler of the world". A German Foreword (i-xii) is followed by an Introduction (pp. 1-56, numerals in English). Weisser discusses briefly problems related to Sirr al-khalTqa, and gives a detailed description and an appraisal of sixteen Arabic manuscripts, from which she selected four in order to establish the Arabic text. This Introduction also provides footnotes and an e...

Logos and Language Essays in Honour of Julius Moravcsik edited

Al-Razi and Islamic medicine in the 9th century.

Although Baghdad was only 50 years old in the 9th century, it was at the peak of its political power, a powerhouse of learning and the leading medical centre of the time. It was there that many important Greek works were translated into Arabic, including Dioscorides's Materia medica, which formed the basis for Arabic pharmacology. While Islamic physicians revered Greek medicine and seldom quest...

Neuroimaging Genetics Edited by Bigos et al. Oxford University Press

Over the last two decades, the association of genetic variation and brain function has received considerable attention. It is well established that most psychiatric and neurological diseases have a substantial genetic contribution. Therefore, investigating the influences of genotypes on brain structure and function should lead to a better understanding of the neurobiology of physiological brain...