Hatata

As an investigation of the light of reason

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Hatata (/hɑːˈtɑːtə/; Ge'ez: ሓተታ ḥatäta "inquiry") is a 1667 ethical philosophical treatise by the Abyssinian philosopher Zera Yacob, written at the request of his patron's son Walda Heywat. It has often been compared by scholars to Descartes' Discours de la methode (1637). (Wikipedia)

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Originals and Translations

• Original Ge'ez Hatata

  • Za'ra Ya'qob
  • Source Unknown

• English translation

  • Claude Sumner
  • From Ethiopian Philosophy

• Amharic translation

  • Getachew Haile
  • College Ville, Minissota
  • 2006 E.C.

• Amharic Translation

  • Unknown translator
  • Unknown date

Critiques and Commentaries on the Hateta

• The Contribution of Native Ethiopian Philosophers, Zara Yacob and Wolde Hiwot, to Ethiopian Philosophy

  • Tassew Asfaw
  • May, 2004
  • submitted to department of philosophy, AAU

• Zar'a Ya'eqob's Argument For The Existence Of God

  • Chemeda Bokora
  • May, 2004
  • submitted to department of philosophy, AAU

• ZARA YACOB’S THEORY OF TRUTH

  • Abel Chernet
  • July, 2004
  • submitted to department of philosophy, AAU

• ETHIOPIAN PHILOSOPHY:A BRIEF INTRODUCTION WITH BIBLIOGRAPHY

  • BRENDAN RITCHIE
  • Nov, 2012
  • From ethiopianphilosophy.wordpress.com

• The Light and the Shadow: Zera Yacob and Walda Heywat: Two Ethiopian Philosophers of the Seventeenth Century

  • Claude Sumner
  • 2004
  • Edited by Kwasi Wiredu
  • From Blackwell companion to African Philosophy

• Zera Yacob and Traditional Ethiopian Philosophy

  • Teodros Kiros
  • 2004
  • Edited by Kwasi Wiredu
  • From Blackwell companion to African Philosophy

• The Meditations of Zara Yaqoub

  • Teodoros Kiros
  • Suffolk University

• Seventeenth century Rationalist: On the rationality of the heart

  • Tedros Kiros

• Zar'a Ya'aqob: The ethiopian philosopher founder of "Hatataism"

  • Mathias Victorien Ntep

• Untitled

  • Professor Habte Churnet

Video Sources

• African Philosophy and Enlightenment : Philosophy Tube (English)
• Zara Yaqob, The Ethiopian Philosopher: ETV documentary (Amharic)