Barhebraeus on the Internal Senses and Animal Self-Awareness. Some Notes on Furlani and Bakoš

Resumo

The Avicennan internal senses are also dealt with by Barhebraeus (1226-1286 CE), the famous Syrian Orthodox polymath of the Syriac Renaissance. Their treatment in the course of their occurrences in different works will be looked into as well as a shift in terminology. Also, Barhebraeus’s stance on whether animals have a share in rationality like humans or have at least a certain self-awareness and its connection with these internal senses shall be briefly considered. Possible Arabic influences besides Avicenna will also be taken note of. Through this, the paper aims at adding to Furlani’s and Bakoš’s initial works on Barhebraeus’s psychology.

Keywords: internal senses; animal rationality; Syriac; animal self-awareness; al-Mulakhkhaṣ.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21747/21836884/med41a7