- Additional Authors
- Benevich, Fedor.
- Description
- 1 online resource (pages cm)
- Summary
- "This is the first in a series of sourcebooks charting the reception of Avicenna (Ibn Sina, d.1037) in the Islamic East (from Syria to central Asia) in the 12th-13th centuries CE. Avicenna was the dominant philosophical authority in this period, who provoked generations of thinkers to subtle critique, defense, and development of his ideas. The series will translate and analyze hundreds of passages from works by such figures as al-Ghazali, al-Suhrawardi, Fakhr al-Din al-Razi, Na?ir al-Din al-?usi, and many more. This volume focuses especially on issues in metaphysics, dealing with topics like the essence-existence distinction, the problem of universals, free will and determinism, Platonic Forms, good and evil, proofs of God's existence, and the relationship between philosophy and theology"--
- Series Statement
- Islamicate intellectual history, 2212-8662 ; 12.1
- Uniform Title
- Heirs of Avicenna (Online)
- Alternative Title
- Heirs of Avicenna (Online)
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- Contents
- Introduction -- 1. The Subject Matter of Metaphysics and Kalam -- 2. The Essence-Existence Distinction -- 3. Univocity and Equivocity of Existence -- 4. Non-Existence and Mental Existence -- 5. Universals -- 6. Platonic Forms -- 7. Individuation -- 8. Proofs for God's Existence -- 9 God's Essence -- 10. God's Knowledge -- 11. God's Knowledge of Particulars -- 12. Free Will, Determinism, and Human Action -- 13. Good and Evil -- Bibliography -- Index.
- ISBN
- 9789004503991
- LCCN
- 2023031936
- OCLC
- ssj0002918802
- Author
Adamson, Peter, 1972-
- Title
The heirs of Avicenna [electronic resource] : philosophy in the Islamic east, 12-13th centuries : metaphysics and theology / by Peter Adamson, Fedor Benevich.
- Imprint
Boston : Brill, 2023.
- Series
Islamicate intellectual history, 2212-8662 ; 12.1
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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- Added Author
Benevich, Fedor.