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The Elements of Avicenna's Physics - Greek Sources and Arabic Innovations (Hardcover)
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The Elements of Avicenna's Physics - Greek Sources and Arabic Innovations (Hardcover)
Series: Scientia Graeco-Arabica
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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. This monograph has been awarded the annual BRAIS - De
Gruyter Prize (Kulturpreis Bayern) in the Study of Islam and the
Muslim World and the Iran World Award for Book of the Year (2020).
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