This volume contains a collection of articles focusing on the philosophical and theological exchanges between Muslim and Christian intellectuals living in Baghdad during the classical period of Islamic history, when this city was a vibrant center of philosophical, scientific, an…
"This study focuses on the metaphysics of the great Arabic philosopher Avicenna (or Ibn Sina, d. 1037 C.E.). More specifically, it delves into Avicenna's theory of quiddity or essence, a topic which seized the attention of thinkers both during the medieval and modern periods. Bu…
This study focuses on the metaphysics of the great Arabic philosopher Avicenna (or Ibn Sīnā, d. 1037 C.E.). More specifically, it delves into Avicenna's theory of quiddity or essence, a topic which seized the attention of thinkers both during the medieval and modern periods. Bui…
Abū l-ʿAbbās al-Īrānshahrī was a third/ninth-century Persian scholar who, as his name indicates, hailed from the city of Īrānshahr (also known as Nīshāpūr). Sometimes described as the first philosopher of Islam, he appears to have practiced a variety of disciplines, ranging from…
Abū Naṣr Muḥammad al-Fārābī (d. 339/950), sometimes referred to as the “Second Teacher” in the Arabic tradition (after the “First Teacher,” Aristotle), was one of the foremost Arabic philosophers of the early, classical Islamic period. He was a polymath who wrote on a wide varie…