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Avicenna

by McGinnis, Jon

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Ibn Sina - Avicenna in Latin - (980-1037) played a considerable role in the development of both eastern and western philosophy and science. This book provides a general introduction to Avicenna's intellectual system and offer a careful philosophical analysis of most of the major…

Avicenna

Avicenna

by McGinnis, Jon

0 Type: Book

Ibn Sina (980-1037), known as Avicenna in Latin, played a considerable role in the development of both Eastern and Western philosophy and science. His contributions to the fields of logic, natural science, psychology, metaphysics, theology, and even medicine were vast. His work …

Ibn Sina -- Avicenna in Latin -- (980-1037) played a considerable role in the development of both eastern and western philosophy and science. This book provides a general introduction to Avicenna's intellectual system and offer a careful philosophical analysis of most of the maj…

Avicenna's intellectual and historical milieu -- Logic and science -- Natural science -- Psychology I: Soul and the senses -- Psychology II: Intellect -- Metaphysics I: Theology -- Metaphysics II: Cosmology -- Value theory -- Medicine and the life sciences -- The Avicennan herit…

Ibn Sina - Avicenna in Latin - (980-1037) played a considerable role in the development of both eastern and western philosophy and science. This book provides a general introduction to Avicenna's intellectual system and offer a careful philosophical analysis of most of the major…

"Ibn Sina (980-1037), known as Avicenna in Latin, played a considerable role in the development of both Eastern and Western philosophy and science. His contributions to the fields of logic, natural science, psychology, metaphysics, theology, and even medicine were vast. His work…

“ Impetus ” or “inclination” (mayl) is a technical term in mediaeval Arabic natural philosophy . It primarily refers to the immediate cause of a body’s motion or change, such as a stone’s heaviness, which causes it to move downward if left unsupported. Mediaeval philosophers ide…

The phrase “ generation and corruption ” (al-kawn wa-l-fasād) refers both to Aristotle’s work by that name and to the science treated therein. Aristotle’s text was available in several translations in the mediaeval Arabic-speaking world, along with several Greek commentaries, an…