Abstract

U radu se donosi kratki životopis Hermana Dalmatina i prikaz njegova prevoditeljskog te filozofijsko-znanstvenog rada. Da bi se bolje razumjela Hermanovafilozofija prirode trebalo je podsjetiti na grčku i arapsku filozofiju prirode na koje se Herman oslanja u svom tumačenju slike svijeta. Prikazuju se kozmološki modeli Platona, Aristotela, Eudoksa, Heraklida iz Ponta, Apolonija iz Perge, Hiparha, Ptolemeja te arapskog znanstvenika Abu Ma’shara. Posebno se ističe Hermanov prevoditeljski rad. Njegovi prijevodi s grčkog i arapskog na latinski bili su važni po tome što su najvažnija grčka i arapska djela postala poznata u Zapadnoj Europi sredinom 12. stoljeća. Herman je važan i kao pisac izvornog djela De essentiis koje predstavlja spoj platonovske i aristotelovske, a isto tako i zapadnoeuropske i arapske tradicije.The article includes a short biography of Hermann of Dalmatia and gives an account of his translations and philosophical and scientific work. In order to have a better understanding of Hermann’s philosophy, a reminder of Greek and Arabic philosophy of nature, on which he relies in his interpretation of the world picture, needs to be presented. Cosmological models by Plato, Aristotle, Eudoxus, Heraclides of Pont, Apollonius of Perga, Hipparchus, Ptolemy, and the Arab scientist Abu Ma’shar, are presented. The main focus of interest is on Hermann’s translations. The immense importance of his translations from Greek and Arabic into Latin is due to the fact that some of the seminal Greek and Arabic works became known in Western Europe in the middle of the twelfth century. Hermann is also important as the author of the original work De essentiis, which presented a blend of Platonian and Aristotelian as well as Western European and Arab traditions