The Reception of Aristotle's Metaphysics in Avicenna's Kitāb al-Šifā'

The Reception of Aristotle's Metaphysics in Avicenna's Kitāb al-Šifā'
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Publisher : BRILL
Total Pages : 693
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ISBN-10 : 9789047408710
ISBN-13 : 9047408713
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Book Synopsis The Reception of Aristotle's Metaphysics in Avicenna's Kitāb al-Šifā' by : Amos Bertolacci

Download or read book The Reception of Aristotle's Metaphysics in Avicenna's Kitāb al-Šifā' written by Amos Bertolacci and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2006-06-01 with total page 693 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The systematic comparison of Avicenna’s Ilāhiyyāt of the Šifā' with Aristotle’s Metaphysics, accomplished for the first time in the present volume, provides a detailed account of Avicenna’s reworking of the epistemological profile and contents of the Metaphysics and a comprehensive investigation of this latter’s transmission in pre-Avicennian Greek and Arabic philosophy.


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