Doubts on Avicenna : a study and edition of Sharaf al-Din al-Mas'udi's commentary on the Isharat /

Doubts on Avicenna : a study and edition of Sharaf al-Din al-Mas'udi's commentary on the Isharat /

In Doubts on Avicenna , Ayman Shihadeh brings to light an important new source, which marks a key moment of transition in twelfth-century Arabic philosophy. Sharaf al-Dīn al-Masʿūdī's al-Mabāḥith wa-l-Shukūk ʿalā l-Ishārāt ( Investigations and Objections on the Pointers ) offers major insight i...

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Main Author: Shihadeh, Ayman.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2016]

Series: Islamic Philosophy, Theology and Science. Texts and Studies 95.
Middle East and Islamic Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2015, ISBN: 9789004287464.

Subjects:

Masʻūdī, Muḥammad ibn Masʻūd, > active 12th century. > Mabāḥith wa-al-shukūk.
Avicenna, > 980-1037. > Ishārāt wa-al-tanbīhāt.
Islamic philosophy.

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Call Number: B751.I63 M37537 2016

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Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter
  • Introduction
  • Al-Masʿūdī's Life and Career, in Context
  • The Shukūk: Aporetic Commentary
  • Efficient Causation and Continued Existence: Problem 9
  • The Ontology of Possibility: Problems 10 and 14
  • Avicenna's Proof of the Existence of God: Problem 7
  • Matter and Form: Problem 1
  • The Manuscripts and Critical Edition
  • Bibliography
  • Index of Individuals, Groups and Places
  • Index of Subjects
  • Critical Edition: Sharaf al-Dīn al-Masʿūdī, al-Mabāḥith wa-l-Shukūk ʿalā l-Ishārāt.