Description: Power and Possibility in Early Arabic Philosophy : Three Innovators Between Philoponus and Avicenna, Hardcover by Aubin, Nicholas Allan, ISBN 3111324923, ISBN-13 9783111324920, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US "The world is a finite body, and therefore has finite power." John Philoponus is remembered for using this Aristotelian premise to break ranks with Aristotle and argue that the world is not everlasting. This investigation reconsiders Philoponus’s arguments from finite power, and then explores the aftermath of this line of thinking in the works of three lesser-known Arabic intellectuals active in the generation before Avicenna (d. 1037): Abu l-?ayr Ibn Suwar (d. after 1017), Abu al-?asan al-?Amiri (d. 992), and Abu Sahl al-Masi?i (d. after 1025). Each engaged with this dictum in unique and novel ways, and in so doing anticipated a number of central features of Avicenna’s writings. The history of this argument is of crucial importance for understanding the evolution of natural philosophy and metaphysics in this formative period, away from tedious and simplistic arguments about creation and towards a more robust modal ontology based on intrinsic and extrinsic necessity.
Price: 179.92 USD
Location: Jessup, Maryland
End Time: 2025-01-19T23:37:17.000Z
Shipping Cost: 0 USD
Product Images
Item Specifics
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 14 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Return policy details:
Book Title: Power and Possibility in Early Arabic Philosophy : Three Innovato
Number of Pages: 295 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Power and Possibility in Early Arabic Philosophy : Three Innovators between Philoponus and Avicenna
Publisher: DE Gruyter Gmbh, Walter
Publication Year: 2023
Subject: Ancient / General, History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical, Islam / General, Ancient & Classical
Item Weight: 21.8 Oz
Type: Textbook
Item Length: 9.4 in
Author: Nicholas Allan Aubin
Subject Area: Literary Criticism, Religion, Philosophy, History
Series: Scientia Graeco-Arabica Ser.
Item Width: 6.7 in
Format: Hardcover
