The sources of Mukhtaṣar fī ʻilm al-nafs al-insānīyah

1. Mukhtaṣar fī ʻilm al-nafs al-insānīyah Bar Hebraeus 1 neutral · 3 extended 4 citations · 18 passages

   ch. 1 2 passages anchored here · ch. 5 2 passages anchored here · ch. 15 3 passages anchored here · ch. 17 2 passages anchored here · ch. 19 2 passages anchored here · ch. 20 2 passages anchored here · ch. 23 2 passages anchored here · ch. 24 3 passages anchored here

   The work invokes itself as an authority for premises it does not re-prove, and the editor supplies exact section numbers, which makes this a documented self-citation.

   The first is impossible, as will appear later in [the proof] that metempsychosis (*tanāsukh*) is impossible (5).

2. The Book of Genesis Moses 4 authority 4 citations · 6 passages

   ch. 3 2 passages anchored here · ch. 15 2 passages anchored here · ch. 23 · ch. 25

   The verse is quoted as a premise and its location given exactly in the apparatus, which is citation of scriptural authority.

   among them is what was said, “Let us create man after our image” (1) — and He, the Exalted, is not a body, so the soul likewise.

3. The Book of Psalms David 4 authority 4 citations · 19 passages

   ch. 3 2 passages anchored here · ch. 10 9 passages anchored here · ch. 11 2 passages anchored here · ch. 18 2 passages anchored here · ch. 19 3 passages anchored here · ch. 25

   The verse is attributed to David, quoted as a premise and located by chapter and verse.

   [21] 3) The Book of Psalms 10:

4. The Gospel of Matthew Matthew 4 authority 4 citations · 8 passages

   ch. 3 2 passages anchored here · ch. 11 2 passages anchored here · ch. 19 2 passages anchored here · ch. 23 2 passages anchored here

   The beatitude is adduced as scriptural proof and the apparatus names Injīl Mattá with chapter and verse.

   And the word of our Lord, “The soul is ready and the body is weak” (4) — for were the soul not other than body, no divergence would have fallen out between them.

5. Aristotle 1 extended · 2 endorsed 3 citations · 11 passages

   ch. 1 · ch. 2 2 passages anchored here · ch. 4 · ch. 5 · ch. 10 · ch. 11 4 passages anchored here · ch. 12

   Aristotle's psychological doctrine is quoted and expounded as the treatise's own position, which is endorsement rather than mere report.

   The fourth rank is the one called the acquired intellect (*al-ʻaql al-mustafād*);

6. The Book of Exodus The Hebrew scriptures 3 authority 3 citations · 7 passages

   ch. 10 2 passages anchored here · ch. 19 2 passages anchored here · ch. 24 2 passages anchored here · ch. 25

   Exodus is invoked as revealed evidence for the heart's role, with chapter and verse supplied by the editor.

   [21] 3) The Book of Exodus 14:

7. The Gospel of Luke Luke 3 authority 3 citations · 8 passages

   ch. 11 2 passages anchored here · ch. 18 2 passages anchored here · ch. 19 2 passages anchored here · ch. 20 2 passages anchored here

   The saying is quoted as the Gospel's own word and the apparatus names Injīl Lūqā with chapter and verse.

   And the pure Gospel said:

8. The Book of Job Job 2 authority 2 citations · 3 passages

   ch. 15 2 passages anchored here · ch. 25

   The Arabic qawl Ayyūb introduces the quotation as evidence within the testimony chain.

   “Thou didst take clay from the earth and make a rational animal and set it upon the earth” (2);

9. The Prophecy of Zechariah Zechariah 2 authority 2 citations · 3 passages

   ch. 15 2 passages anchored here · ch. 25

   The prophet is named and his words are treated as decisive for the chapter's thesis.

   “God created the soul of man within him” (3);

10. The Second Epistle to the Corinthians Paul the Apostle 2 authority 2 citations · 7 passages

    ch. 3 5 passages anchored here · ch. 20 2 passages anchored here

    The epistle is quoted twice as proof and referenced precisely in two footnotes, making it a cited authority.

    and the matter is not of this description, for we see that after the fortieth year the bodily powers (*quwā*) weaken while the powers of the soul revive, together with the greatness of apprehension (*idrāk*) and the perfection of the intellect (*ʻaql*).

11. The Acts of the Apostles Luke 2 authority 2 citations · 5 passages

    ch. 18 2 passages anchored here · ch. 24 2 passages anchored here · ch. 25

    The prayer is adduced as scripture within the chain of testimonies and pinned to Acts by the apparatus.

    « O our Lord Yasūʻ, receive my soul » (6).

12. The Book of Ecclesiastes Solomon 2 authority 2 citations · 3 passages

    ch. 18 2 passages anchored here · ch. 25

    The verse is adduced under the heading of testimonies that show the falsity of tanāsukh.

    « The body returns to the earth, and the soul rises up with (3) the Lord who brought it into being » (4).

13. The manuscript original of the treatise 2 neutral 2 citations · 37 passages

    ch. 20 6 passages anchored here · ch. 23 9 passages anchored here · ch. 24 19 passages anchored here · ch. 25 3 passages anchored here

    The recurring formula في الاصل treats al-aṣl, the manuscript original, as a named and reported textual source throughout the notes.

    [55] 5) Fallen out in the original:

14. Book of Daniel Daniel 1 authority 1 citation

    ch. 24

    ودانيال وغيرهما at p-fabfb1 appeals to the prophet's visionary corpus as a known authority.

    But if that is not complete, it stands necessarily in need of interpretation, like what Ḥizqiyāl and Dāniyāl and others beheld.

15. Book of Ezekiel Ezekiel 1 authority 1 citation

    ch. 24

    مثل ما شاهد حزقيال at p-fabfb1 appeals to the prophet's visionary corpus as a known authority.

    But if that is not complete, it stands necessarily in need of interpretation, like what Ḥizqiyāl and Dāniyāl and others beheld.

16. Book of Leviticus 1 authority 1 citation

    ch. 25

    سفر الاحبار ٣٣ appears in the list of cited books at p-0257b6.

    10, 22, 22, 33, 37, 43, 43, 45, 53 The Acts of the Apostles 37, 55 The Epistle of Buṭrus the Apostle 46 The Epistles of Būlus the Apostle 9, 10, 22, 22, 29, 37, 44, 51 The Book of Leviticus 33 The Book of Ayyūb 33 The Book of Genesis 10, 33 The Book of Ecclesiastes 37 The Book of Exodus 21, 43, 55 The Book of Psalms 10, 21 (8 times), 22, 37, 38, 38 The Prophecy of Zakariyā 33

17. First Epistle of Peter Peter the Apostle 1 authority 1 citation · 2 passages

    ch. 21 2 passages anchored here

    وقول بطرس at p-8691c6 with the reference at p-cad8c2 is an explicit citation of the Petrine epistle.

    « Our Lord died in the body and lived in the soul, and warned the souls that are (1) in the bottom of the abyss » (2) — for if those souls had no decisive cognition, they would not have been able to receive our Lord's warning to them.

18. First Epistle to the Corinthians Paul the Apostle 1 authority 1 citation · 2 passages

    ch. 23 2 passages anchored here

    The Arabic وصفها بولس الرسول بقوله at p-e02208 with the note at p-f1e8a5 makes this an explicit scriptural citation.

    how much more, then, the perpetual intellectual pleasure that Būlus the Apostle described in his words:

19. Galen 1 refuted 1 citation · 4 passages

    ch. 10 4 passages anchored here

    The Arabic kamā zaʻama Jālīnūs attributes the encephalocentric thesis to him with a verb of mere claiming, and the chapter argues against it throughout.

    So it has become clear that the heart is the mine of perception (*idrāk*) and of the motive faculty (*al-quwwah al-muḥarrikah*), and not the brain, as Jālīnūs claimed.

20. The Epistle to the Philippians Paul 1 authority 1 citation · 2 passages

    ch. 18 2 passages anchored here

    The Arabic wa-qāla Būlus adduces him as an authority and the footnote names the epistle and verse.

    « I long to depart, so as to be with al-Masīḥ » (7).

21. The Epistle to the Romans Paul 1 authority 1 citation · 3 passages

    ch. 11 3 passages anchored here

    The Arabic wa-qāla Būlus introduces two quoted sayings and the apparatus supplies the epistle and verses for each.

    and “Because of the hardness of your heart (7) which has not repented” (8).

22. The First Epistle to Timothy Paul 1 authority 1 citation · 2 passages

    ch. 14 2 passages anchored here

    The Arabic ashāra bi-qawlihi al-saʻīd Būlus ilá tilmīdhihi invokes Paul as legitimating authority for the political similitude.

    And to this state the blessed Būlus pointed in his word to his disciple, that he should govern (2) his body well (3).

23. The Gospel of John John 1 authority 1 citation · 2 passages

    ch. 15 2 passages anchored here

    The Arabic qawl al-Injīl al-ṭāhir adduces the Gospel itself as an authority for ongoing creation.

    “The Father creates until now, and I too create” (4).

Each stands at a single passage. The chapter carries the anchors.

ch. 1 2 sources

The Muslim doctrine that the soul is the bodily frame · al-Mashriq

ch. 2 1 source

Definition of the soul

ch. 3 4 sources

Maxim on the wealth of the soul · Teaching on the care of the soul · The divine books · al-Kulliyat

ch. 4 1 source

The doctrine that the soul is the knitting of the elements

ch. 5 4 sources

The doctrine that all human souls differ by nature · The doctrine that animal and human souls are one by nature · The doctrine that souls proceed from the separate intellects · The science of nature and the science of the revealed Law

ch. 10 1 source

The art of anatomy

ch. 11 2 sources

Dictum on intellect in the heart and discernment in the brain · Dictum on the hidden man in the heart

ch. 12 1 source

Dictum on the gazing of intellects

ch. 14 1 source

The five similitudes of the sages on the soul and the body

ch. 15 7 sources

Dictum against the soul's pre-existence · Dictum on the simultaneity of soul and body · The Torah · The doctrine that souls are created before the bodies · The doctrine that souls are uncreated · The opinion of Jacob of Edessa on soul and body · The opinion that the body is formed before the soul is created in it

ch. 16 3 sources

Report and reproof of the transmigrationist doctrine · The doctrines of the proponents of metempsychosis · The opinion that soul and body come to be together

ch. 19 1 source

The art of medicine

ch. 20 1 source

The Holy Scriptures

ch. 21 6 sources

Report of Father Antony's rapture · Saying of Addai the Apostle on the soul as image of the Truth · Saying of Dionysius on the two destinations of souls · Saying of Evagrius on the station of the graced soul · Saying of Gregory on the separated soul · The agreement of the people of the Church on the fate of souls

ch. 22 1 source

The doctrine that all pleasure is bodily and all bliss material

ch. 25 5 sources

Epistle of Peter · Epistles of Paul · The Gospel · The divine laws and religious customs · The philosophers' doctrine of the four aspects of miracle

The harvest records where a citation is made: the paragraph in the citing book, and the chapter that paragraph stands in. It does not record which page of this book is meant. Where the citing text names a locus, you will find it in the quotation.

1. Mukhtaṣar fī ʻilm al-nafs al-insānīyah Bar Hebraeus 1 neutral · 3 extended 4 citations · 18 passages

   ch. 1 2 passages anchored here · ch. 5 2 passages anchored here · ch. 15 3 passages anchored here · ch. 17 2 passages anchored here · ch. 19 2 passages anchored here · ch. 20 2 passages anchored here · ch. 23 2 passages anchored here · ch. 24 3 passages anchored here

   The work invokes itself as an authority for premises it does not re-prove, and the editor supplies exact section numbers, which makes this a documented self-citation.

   The first is impossible, as will appear later in [the proof] that metempsychosis (*tanāsukh*) is impossible (5).