Hermannus Alemannus facts for kids
Hermannus Alemannus was a very important person who lived a long time ago. He was known as "Herman the German." He helped bring knowledge from the Arabic world to Europe. He did this by translating many important books about philosophy from Arabic into Latin.
He worked at a famous place called the Toledo School of Translators in Spain. This was around the middle of the 1200s, from about 1240 to 1256.
Many historians believe he was the same Hermannus who became a bishop in a city called Astorga in León. He was a bishop from 1266 until he passed away in 1272.
Hermannus's Important Translations
We know about his translations because of notes found in the old books he worked on. Three of these notes even included dates.
Hermannus translated several key works:
- The book called Rhetoric: This was mostly written by Aristotle. Hermannus added parts from other thinkers like Averroes, Avicenna, and Alfarabi.
- An introduction to Alfarabi's notes on the Rhetoric.
- Averroes' notes on the Nicomachean Ethics: He finished this translation in Toledo in 1240.
- A shorter Arabic version of the Ethics: This was known as the Summa Alexandrinorum. He translated it in 1243 or 1244.
- Averroes' notes on the Poetics: This translation was finished in Toledo in 1256. It was also known as the Poetria.
See also
In Spanish: Hermán el Alemán para niños
