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Epistle on Galen’s works
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Hunayn’s report of translation and revision is evidence of scholarly practice. It does not settle whether every argument transmitted this way is true.
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Guided course · Module 6 · Lesson 29
Translation as philosophical creation
Hunayn ibn Ishaq revises a translation, and al-Kindi defends the pursuit of philosophy. The lesson shows how translation transforms an inheritance and asks what evidence separates real reception from a resemblance later readers notice.