In Pursuit of the Lost Volumes of al-Matalib al-'Aliya

Abstract

This research note introduces a copy of Razi's work al-Ma.alib al-'aliya that was not known until today which includes the parts of epistemology, logic and ontology, and its contents (Suleymaniye Library, Fatih, no. 3145). Thus, the note corrects two fundamental mistakes about the name and scope of al-Ma.alib al-'aliya caused by the edition by Saqqa and aims to prove that al-Ma.alib al-'aliya is an encyclopedic work containing the parts of logic, ontology, physics and theology.