The Reception of Aristotle's Metaphysics in Avicenna's Kitāb Al-Sifā' - A Milestone of Western Metaphysical Thought

The systematic comparison of Avicenna's "Il?hiyy?t" of the "Sif?'" 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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• Authors: Amos Bertolacci
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2006
• EAN: 9789004148994
• ISBN: 978-90-04-14899-4
• No. of pages: 696
• Dimensions: 167 mm x 248 mm x 48 mm
• Weight: 1356 g
• Series: Islamic Philosophy, Theology a
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Other world religions