Die philosophischen Abhandlungen des al-Kindi

in other translations demonstrably originating from Gerhard. 1

The treatise "de intellectu" is, as we will see later, available in two different Latin redactions. One bears the title "de intellectu," the other "de ratione" on reason. Both are attributed to Gerhard by Jourdain 2 and, following him, by others. The fact that they are not found in the register of translations would be no obstacle to this assumption, for we know that the latter is incomplete. 3 I believe that the translation with the title "de ratione" really stems from Gerhard, and for the following reasons: First, because some passages of it are reproduced almost verbatim in Gerhard's translation of "de somno et uisione." Second, because the Cod. Par. Nat. 6443 bears the following heading: "Verbum Jacob alkin de intentione antiquorum in ratione, translatum a magistro Gerardo cremonensi" Word of Jacob Alkin on the intention of the ancients regarding reason, translated by Master Gerard of Cremona.

The other version with the title "de intellectu" might be the work of another translator, perhaps Johannes Hispalensis.

To the latter, probably with the collaboration of Dominicus Gundissalvi, the translation of the "liber introductorius in artem logicae demonstrationis" is also to be attributed, because it is found in the manuscripts among other works by the same author, and because the freer, more correct features of the style and the use of the Latin language 4 point to the aforementioned Spanish scholars.

The words that remained untranslated in this book, as well as in "de somno et uisione," indisputably point to an Arabic original. 5 There are also Qurān citations.

1) Bardenhewer, Liber de causis, pp. 148—149.

2) Jourdain, Recherches, p. 123.

3) Boncompagni, op. cit. p. 12.

4) Menendez Pelayo, op. cit. p. 401 note: as is seen, Gundisalvo has a certain perspicuity and even elegance in his Latin. In all respects he is the most notable Spanish writer of the 12th century.

5) "asarab", "ahlagat", Hamet filio Nazir . . . See word register.