Friedrich Heinrich Dieterici (6 July 1821 in

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– 18 August 1903 in Berlin) was a German orientalist and

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Biography

He studied at the universities of Halle and

, traveled extensively in the East, and in 1850 was appointed associate professor of

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at the

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Dieterici , Friedrich Heinrich He won particular distinction by his researches in the

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and literature. A lengthy list of his published works include: * ''Ibn 'Akîl's Commentar zur Alfijja des Ibn Mâlik'', (1852) –

Ibn Aqil Abu al-Wafa Ali Ibn Aqil ibn Ahmad al-Baghdadi (1040–1119) was an Islamic theologian from Baghdad, Iraq. He was trained in the tenets of the Hanbali school (''madhab'') for eleven years under scholars such as the Qadi Abu Ya'la. Despite this, I ...

's commentary on the Alfijja of Ibn Maalik. * ''Mutanabbii Carmina cum commentario Wahidii'', (1861). * ''Die Logik und Psychologie der Araber im zehnten Jarhhundert nach Christus'', (1868) – The logic and psychology of the Arabs in the 10th century. * ''Die philosophie der Araber im X. jahrhundert nach Christus'', (1876), – The philosophy of the Arabs in the 10th century. * ''Die Abhandlungen der Ichwân Es-Safâ in Auswahl'' (1886) – The memoirs of the Ikhwan as-Safa (selection).WorldCat Identities
Most widely held works by Friedrich Dieterici As language study aids, he published ''Chrestomathie Ottoman'' (1854, Ottoman

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) and ''Arabisch-Deutsches Handwörterbuch zum Koran und Thier und Mensch vor dem König der Genien'' (1894, Arabic-German concise dictionary of the

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). In later years, he focused his energies in the field of

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, translating the philosophical and psychological works of

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into German. He also made the treatises of the Ikhwan as-Safa (10th century secret philosophic society) accessible (1883–86). In 1882 he published ''Die sogenannte Theologie des Aristoteles : aus arabischen Handschriften'' ("

Aristotle Aristotle (; grc-gre, Ἀριστοτέλης ''Aristotélēs'', ; 384–322 BC) was a Greek philosopher and polymath during the Classical period in Ancient Greece. Taught by Plato, he was the founder of the Peripatetic school of phil ...

's so-called

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from Arab manuscripts").OCLC WorldCat
Die sogenannte Theologie des Aristoteles

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dieterici, Friedrich 1821 births 1903 deaths German orientalists Academic staff of the Humboldt University of Berlin Writers from Berlin German male non-fiction writers