The Heirs of Avicenna : : Philosophy in the Islamic East, 12-13th Centuries / / Peter Adamson and Fedor Benevich.

• Superior document: Islamicate Intellectual History Series ; Volume 12
• VerfasserIn: Adamson, Peter, 1946-; Benevich, Fedor,
• TeilnehmendeR: Benevich, Fedor,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, The Netherlands : : Koninklijke Brill nv,, [2023]; ©2023
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Edition: First edition.
• Language: English
• Series: Islamicate intellectual history ; Volume 12.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource

"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"-- Provided by publisher.

Table of 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.