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Ibn Sīnā (Avicenna): A Very Short Introduction [#736]
Ibn Sīnā (Avicenna): A Very Short Introduction [#736]
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  • Accessible introduction to one of the most important philosophers of the Islamic world
  • Makes a case that Ibn Sīnā was the most influential medieval thinker of any culture
  • Critically evaluates some of his most important arguments and ideas, and discusses his legacy
  • Analyses the relationship between Ibn Sīnā and Islamic theology
  • Shows the connections between Ibn Sīnā and the history of European philosophy
        
This book provides an introduction to the most important philosopher of the Islamic world, Ibn Sīnā, often known in English by his Latinized name Avicenna. After introducing the man and his works, with an overview of the historical context in which he lived, the book devotes chapters to the different areas of Ibn Sīnā's thought. Among the topics covered are his innovations in logic, his theory of the human soul and its powers, the relation between his medical writings and his philosophy, and his metaphysics of existence. Particular attention is given to two famous arguments: his flying man thought experiment and the so-called “demonstration of the truthful,” a proof for the existence of God as the Necessary Existent. A distinctive feature of the book is its attention to the relationship between Ibn Sīnā and Islamic rational theology (kalām): in which we see how Ibn Sīnā responded to this tradition in many areas of his thought. A final chapter looks at Ibn Sīnā's legacy in both the Islamic world and in Latin Christendom. Here Adamson focuses on the critical responses to Ibn Sīnā in subsequent generations by such figures as al-Ghazālī, al-Suhrawardī, and Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī.
Index: 

1: Life works
2: Logic epistemology
3: Human person
4: Physics
5: God and world
6: Legacy
Further reading
Index

About the author: 

Peter Adamson, Professor of Philosophy, LMU Munich
   
Peter Adamson received his BA from Williams College and PhD from the University of Notre Dame. From 2000 to 2012 he was a member of the Philosophy Department at King's College London, and he maintains a connection to King's. But his primary position is now as Professor of Late Ancient and Arabic Philosophy at the LMU in Munich. The author of numerous monographs and articles on ancient and medieval philosophy, especially Neoplatonism and philosophy in the Islamic world, he also hosts the History of Philosophy podcast, which appears as a series of books with Oxford University Press

"A distinctive feature of the book is its attention to the relationship between Ibn Sīnā and Islamic rational theology (kalām): in which we see how Ibn Sīnā responded to this tradition in many areas of his thought." - Morteza Hajizadeh, Ph.D. graduate in English from the University of Auckland in New Zealand.

Product details

ISBN : 9780192846983

Author: 
Peter Adamson
Pages
144 Pages
Format
Paperback
Size
111 x 174 mm
Pub date
Jul 2023
Series
Very Short Introductions
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Ibn Sīnā (Avicenna): A Very Short Introduction [#736]

Ibn Sīnā (Avicenna): A Very Short Introduction [#736]

Ibn Sīnā (Avicenna): A Very Short Introduction [#736]