Avicenna

1. Auflage 1992
ISBN: 978-0-415-01929-3
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 256 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 476 g

Reihe: Arabic Thought and Culture

the philosophers in the West, none, perhaps, is better known by name and less familiar in actual content of his ideas than the medieval Muslim philosopher, physician, minister and naturalist Abu Ali Ibn Sina, known since the days of the scholastics as Avicenna. In this book the author, himself a philosopher, and long known for his studies of Arabic thought, presents a factual account of Avicenna's philosophy. Setting the thinker in the context of his often turbulent times and tracing the roots and influences of Avicenna's ideas, this book offers a factual philosophical portrait. It details Avicenna's account of being as a synthesis between the seemingly irreconcilable extremes of Aristotelian eternalism and the creationism of monotheistic scripture. It examines Avicenna's distinctive theory of knowledge, his ideas about immortality and individuality, including the famous "floating man argument", his contributions to logic, and his probing thoughts on rhetoric and poetics.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Goodman, L E

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam & Islamische Studien
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Nicht-Westliche Philosophie Indische & Asiatische Philosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1 LIFE, TIMES, WRITINGS; Chapter 2 METAPHYSICS; Chapter 3 IDEAS AND IMMORTALITY; Chapter 4 LOGIC, PERSUASION, AND POETRY;

Über Autor(innen)

L. E. Goodman is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Hawaii.