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His original philosophical work, which became known to us, was ''De essentiis'' (''On essences''). In this work Herman deals with five [[Aristotle|Aristotelian]] categories ([[cause|causa]], [[motion|motus]], [[space|spatium]], [[time|tempus]], [[habitat|habitudo]]). He started to write this treatise in 1143 in Toulouse and he completed it the same year in [[Beziers]]. In [[1982]] this book was reprinted in [[Germany]].
Some other works are believed to be Herman's: a meteorological ''Liber imbrium'' (''A book about precipitations'') (1140 to [[1141]]), astrological ''De indagatione cordis'' (''About heart researches'') (after 1140) , mathematical and astronomical ''De mensura, De utilitatibus astrolabii'', ''De compositione et usu astrolabii'' (before 1143), and so on. In a text of ''De indagatione cordis'' there are many names of scientists and scholars, of which work Herman knew and used: [[Abu Mashar|Abu Mas'har]] ([[787]]-[[886]]), Saul ben ibn Bishr, Aomar Tiberia, Abu [[al-Kindi]] (circa [[800]]-[[873]]), 8th century Jewish astrologer Al Batrig [[Mashallah]] (Messahalla), Hermes and Dorotheos from [[Sidon]]. The whole text in Latin original was critically published by Sheila Low-Beer in her doctoral dissertation ''Herman of Carinthia: The Liber imbriam, The Fatidica and the De indagatione Cordis'', The City University of New York. Many medieval authors refer to Herman's work, for instance Albert the Great (Albert von Bollstädt, [[Albertus Magnus]]), instructor to [[Thomas Aquinas]], in his work ''Speculum astronomiae''.
Among [[Adelard of Bath]] ([[1075]]-[[1160]]), John of Seville, [[Gerard of Cremona]] ([[1114]]-[[1187]]) and [[Plato of Tivoli]] ([[1134]]-[[1145]]) Herman is the most important translator of Arabic astronomical works in [[12th century]] and populariser of Arabic culture in Europe. The influence of his translations on the develepment of medieval European astronomy was specially large.
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