This represents a valuable contribution to the histories of both Eastern and Western philosophy. It traces the transmission of Greek philosophy and science to the Islamic world, and from there to the medieval Latin scholars of Western Europe.
This represents a valuable contribution to the histories of both Eastern and Western philosophy. It traces the transmission of Greek philosophy and science to the Islamic world, and from there to the medieval Latin scholars of Western Europe.
"The central debate of natural theology among medieval Muslims and Jews concerned whether or not the world was eternal. Opinions divided sharply on this issue because the outcome bore directly on God's relationship with the world: eternity implies a deity bereft of will, while a…
Islamic allegory is the product of a cohesive literary tradition to which few contributed as significantly as Ibn Sina (Avicenna), the eleventh-century Muslim philosopher. Peter Heath here offers a detailed examination of Avicenna's contribution, paying special attention to Avic…
"This study argues that late ancient Greek and medieval Islamic philosophers interpret human desire along two frameworks in reaction to Aristotle's philosophy. The investigation of the model dichotomy unfolds historically from the philosophy of Plotinus through the Graeco-Arabic…
"This study argues that late ancient Greek and medieval Islamic philosophers interpret human desire along two frameworks in reaction to Aristotle's philosophy. The investigation of the model dichotomy unfolds historically from the philosophy of Plotinus through the Graeco-Arabic…