Kalām la-hu yušbihu ramzan … The Problem of Allegory in Theologia Aristotelis I (229.9-230.16 D’Ancona)
The present paper discusses a remarkable change introduced into the Arabic translation of Enneads IV 8[6]: the characterization of Plotinus’ “autobiographical” report as a ramz . A comparison of the Arabic text with the Greek original suggests that the strategy of allegorizing Plotinus’ exordium is comparable...