La dottrina dell’anima di ʾAbū Sulaymān al-Siǧistānī negli scritti di ʾAbū Ḥayyān al-Tawḥīdī. Le Notti 13 e 35 del Kitāb al-ʾimtāʿ wa-l-muʾānasah

This book offers the edition of the Arabic text, the Italian translation, and the line-by-line commentary of the most significant writings for reconstructing the doctrine of the soul of the Muslim philosopher ʾAbū Sulaymān al-Siǧistānī al-Manṭiqī (ca. 912-985). These are the Night 13 and Night 35 of the Kitāb al-ʾimtāʿ wa-l-muʾānasah (The Book of Pleasure and Conviviality), a literary work composed by the man of letters ʾAbū Ḥayyān al-Tawḥīdī (922/932-1023), the best-known disciple of al-Siǧistānī. The edition of the Arabic texts is based on a new collation of the two manuscript witnesses of the book, preserved today in Milan and Istanbul, and are accompanied by their first translation into a Western language. The commentary highlights the specific features of al-Siǧistānī’s thought and its connections with both Greek and Arabic philosophy of the time. It includes translations and references to other works by al-Tawḥīdī dealing with related subjects, especially texts from the Muqābasāt (Borrowings), a collection of notes he compiled during the debates held in al-Siǧistānī’s maǧlis. It also presents numerous translations of passages from philosophical works in Arabic by authors contemporary with or prior to al-Siǧistānī, with the aim of reconstructing the cultural environment where his ideas took shape.