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Avicenna (Hardcover)
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Avicenna (Hardcover)
Series: Arabic Thought and Culture
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Of all the philosophers in the West, perhaps the best known by name
and less familiar for the actual content of his ideas is the
medieval Muslim philosopher, physician, princely minister and
naturalist Abu Ali Ibn Sina, known since the days of the
scholastics as Avicenna. In this lucidly written and witty book, L.
E. Goodman a philosopher long known for his studies of Arabic
thought presents a factual, pithy, and engaging 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, Goodman
offers a factual and credible philosophical portrait of one of the
world's greatest metaphysicians. The book 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 on immortality and
individuality, including the famous Floating Man argument, his
contributions to logic, and his probing thoughts on rhetoric and
poetics.
Drawing from the very latest scholarship, "Avicenna" is more than
a philosophical appreciation. L. E. Goodman considers the abiding
value of Avicenna's contributions, assaying his thought against the
responses of his contemporaries and successors but also against our
current philosophical understanding. It will have wide appeal among
all Arabists and Islamicists, and among students and scholars of
philosophy.
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