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1 online resource (xix, 302 pages) |
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Islamic philosophy, theology, and science ; v. 52 |
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Islamic philosophy, theology, and science ; v. 52.
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| Contents |
Introduction -- BEFORE AVICENNA -- 1. Avicenna's Treatment of Aristotelian Modals A Study based on Conversion Rules and the Barbara Problematic -- 2. Some Texts of Aristotle's Metaphysics in the Ilāhīyāt of Avicenna's Kitāb aš-Šifā' -- 3. Towards a History of Avicenna's Distinction between Immanent and Transcendent Causes -- 4. Intellect versus Active Intellect: Plotinus and Avicenna -- THE AGE OF AVICENNA -- 5. Stealing Avicenna's Books: A Study of the Historical Sources for the Life and Times of Avicenna |
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6. Rocks in the Heavens?! The Encounter between 'Abd al-Ğabbār and Ibn Sīnā -- 7. Medical Theory and Scientific Method in the Age of Avicenna -- 8. Bodies, Souls and Resurrection in Avicenna's ar-Risāla al-Adhawīya fī amr al-ma'ād -- 9. Bahmanyār ibn Marzubān: A Faithful Disciple of Ibn Sina? -- 10. Fahr ad-Dīn ar-Rāzī's Critique of Ibn Sīnā's Argument for the Unity of God in the Išārāt, and Nasīr ad-Dīn at-Tūsī's Defence -- 11. The Twelver-Šī'ī Reception of Avicenna in the Mongol Period -- 12. Process Metaphysics in Islam? Avicenna and Mullā Sadrī on Intensification in Being |
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13. The Reception of Ibn Sīnā in Syriac: The Case of Gregory Barhebraeus -- Note on the Contributors -- Index of Names and Places -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z -- Index of Avicenna's Works -- Index of Arabic Words |
| Summary |
This volume contains the proceedings of the first meeting of the Avicenna Study Group. Each of the papers presents the most recent research conclusions in its respective topic. These conclusions include new insights into Avicenna's revision of Aristotle and Plotinus, specific areas of his theories of psychology and metaphysics, his intellectual interaction with the theologians of his period, the historical and social context in which Avicenna worked, the reception of his thought among Syriac-writing authors, among later Ishraqi philosophers, and in Shi'ite peripatetic philosophy. These insi |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Avicenna, 980-1037 -- Congresses
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| SUBJECT |
Avicenna, 980-1037 fast |
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Islamic philosophy -- Congresses
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PHILOSOPHY -- Eastern.
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Islamic philosophy
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Islamitische filosofie.
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Reisman, David C
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Al-Rahim, Ahmed H
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| ISBN |
1423712072 |
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9781423712077 |
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9789004129788 |
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9004129782 |
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1280467274 |
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9781280467271 |
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9786610467273 |
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6610467277 |
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9047402022 |
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9789047402022 |
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