Theology of Aristotle

The Theology of Aristotle, also called Theologia Aristotelis (Arabic: أثولوجيا أرسطو, romanized: Athulujiya Aristu) is a paraphrase in Arabic of parts of Plotinus' Six Enneads along with Porphyry's commentary.

The Theology of Aristotle, with The Letter on Divine Science and The Sayings of the Greek Sage, a collection of fragments, together form the Plotiniana Arabica.

They seem to have been adapted by Ibn Na'ima al-Himsi, a Christian, and edited by al-Kindi, a Muslim (both writers were active in the ninth century).

Paul Fenton, on the other hand, thought it may have been derived from Egyptian Jews.

Just as there is an Arabic paraphrase of Plotinus' Six Enneads, blending it with Aristotle's thought, so also there is an Arabic paraphrase of Aristotle's De Anima, blending it with Plotinus' thought.

A page from a 1930s Egyptian copy of the Theology of Aristotle.