Before And After Avicenna

Author : Avicenna Study Group. Conference
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9789004129788
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Before and After Avicenna written by Avicenna Study Group. Conference and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2003-01-01 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of papers addresses a variety of aspects of the life and thought of the medieval philosopher Avicenna including his reception of Classical philosophy, his views on topics such as metaphysics, psychology and medicine, and the recpeption of his thought by later authors.

Author : Avicenna Study Group. Conference
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004139605
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Interpreting Avicenna written by Avicenna Study Group. Conference and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2004 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The work treats various aspects of Avicennan philosophy and science. The topics include methods for establishing an authentic Avicenna corpus, natural philosophy and science, theology and metaphysics and Avicenna's subsequent historical influence.

Author : Dag Nikolaus Hasse
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 1614516979
Total Pages : 557 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Arabic, Hebrew and Latin Reception of Avicenna's Physics and Cosmology written by Dag Nikolaus Hasse and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2018-10-22 with total page 557 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Avicenna (Ibn Sīnā) greatly influenced later medieval thinking about the earth and the cosmos, not only in his own civilization, but also in Hebrew and Latin cultures. The studies presented in this volume discuss the reception of prominent theories by Avicenna from the early 11th century onwards by thinkers like Averroes, Fahraddin ar-Razi, Samuel ibn Tibbon or Albertus Magnus. Among the topics which receive particular attention are the definition and existence of motion and time. Other important topics are covered too, such as Avicenna’s theories of vacuum, causality, elements, substantial change, minerals, floods and mountains. It emerges, among other things, that Avicenna inherited to the discussion an acute sense for the epistemological status of natural science and for the mental and concrete existence of its objects. The volume also addresses the philological and historical circumstances of the textual tradition and sheds light on the translators Dominicus Gundisalvi, Avendauth and Alfred of Sareshel in particular. The articles of this volume are presented by scholars who convened in 2013 to discuss their research on the influence of Avicenna’s physics and cosmology in the Villa Vigoni, Italy.

Author : David C. Reisman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789004125049
Total Pages : 333 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Making of the Avicennan TraditionDavid C. Reisman written by David C. Reisman and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Jon McGinnis
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9047405811
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Interpreting Avicenna: Science and Philosophy in Medieval Islam written by Jon McGinnis and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2004-09-01 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The work treats various aspects of Avicennan philosophy and science. The topics include methods for establishing an authentic Avicenna corpus, natural philosophy and science, theology and metaphysics and Avicenna's subsequent historical influence.

Author : Peter Adamson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107354455
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Interpreting Avicenna written by Peter Adamson and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013-07-04 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Avicenna is the greatest philosopher of the Islamic world. His immense impact on Christian and Jewish medieval thought, as well as on the subsequent Islamic tradition, is charted in this volume alongside studies which provide a comprehensive introduction to and analysis of his philosophy. Contributions from leading scholars address a wide range of topics including Avicenna's life and works, conception of philosophy and achievement in logic and medicine. His ideas in the main areas of philosophy, such as epistemology, philosophy of religion and physics, are also analyzed. While serving as a general introduction to Avicenna's thought, this collection of critical essays also represents the cutting edge of scholarship on this most influential philosopher of the medieval era.

Author : Damien Janos
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110652080
Total Pages : 774 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Avicenna on the Ontology of Pure Quiddity written by Damien Janos and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2020-05-05 with total page 774 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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. Building on recent contributions in Avicennian studies, this book proposes a new and comprehensive interpretation of Avicenna’s theory of ‘the pure quiddity’ (also known as ‘the quiddity in itself’) and of its ontology. The study provides a careful philological analysis of key passages gleaned from the primary sources in Arabic and a close philosophical contextualization of Avicenna’s doctrines in light of the legacy of ancient Greek philosophy in Islam and the early development of Arabic philosophy (falsafah) and theology (kalām). The study pays particular attention to how Avicenna’s theory of quiddity relates to the ancient Greek philosophical discussion about the universals or common things and Mu’tazilite ontology. Its main thesis is that Avicenna articulated a sophisticated doctrine of the ontology of essence in light of Greek and Bahshamite sources, which decisively shaped subsequent intellectual history in Islam and the Latin West.

Author : David C. Reisman
Publisher : Islamic Philosophy, Theology a
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Making of the Avicennan Tradition written by David C. Reisman and published by Islamic Philosophy, Theology a. This book was released on 2002 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume represents a new philological approach to the study of the medieval philosopher Avicenna by investigating the manuscripts and textual transmission of his philosophical correspondence with students and colleagues.

Author : Andreas Lammer
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110546795
Total Pages : 614 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Elements of Avicenna's Physics written by Andreas Lammer and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2018-02-05 with total page 614 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study is the first comprehensive analysis of the physical theory of the Islamic philosopher Avicenna (d. 1037). It seeks to understand his contribution against the developments within the preceding Greek and Arabic intellectual milieus, and to appreciate his philosophy as such by emphasising his independence as a critical and systematic thinker. Exploring Avicenna’s method of "teaching and learning," it investigates the implications of his account of the natural body as a three-dimensionally extended composite of matter and form, and examines his views on nature as a principle of motion and his analysis of its relation to soul. Moreover, it demonstrates how Avicenna defends the Aristotelian conception of place against the strident criticism of his predecessors, among other things, by disproving the existence of void and space. Finally, it sheds new light on Avicenna’s account of the essence and the existence of time. For the first time taking into account the entire range of Avicenna’s major writings, this study fills a gap in our understanding both of the history of natural philosophy in general and of the philosophy of Avicenna in particular.

Author : Mones Abu-Asab
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1620551705
Total Pages : 480 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Avicenna’s Medicine written by Mones Abu-Asab and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-07-04 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first contemporary translation of the 1,000-year-old text at the foundation of modern medicine and biology • Presents the actual words of Avicenna translated directly from the original Arabic, removing the inaccuracies and errors of most translators • Explains current medical interpretations and ways to apply Avicenna’s concepts today, particularly for individualized medicine • Reveals how Avicenna’s understanding of the “humors” corresponds directly with the biomedical classes known today as proteins, lipids, and organic acids A millennium after his life, Avicenna remains one of the most highly regarded physicians of all time. His Canon of Medicine, also known as the Qanun, is one of the most famous and influential books in the history of medicine, forming the basis for our modern understanding of human health and disease. It focused not simply on the treatment of symptoms, but on finding the cause of illness through humoral diagnosis—a method still used in traditional Unani and Ayurvedic medicines in India. Originally written in Arabic, Avicenna’s Canon was long ago translated into Latin, Persian, and Urdu, yet many of the inaccuracies from those first translations linger in current English translations. Translated directly from the original Arabic, this volume includes detailed commentary to explain current biomedical interpretations of Avicenna’s theories and ways to apply his treatments today, particularly for individualized medicine. It shows how Avicenna’s understanding of the humors corresponds directly with the biomedical definition of proteins, lipids, and organic acids: the nutrient building blocks of our blood and body. With this new translation of the first volume of his monumental work, Avicenna’s Canon becomes just as relevant today as it was 1,000 years ago.