Avicenna on the necessity of the actual : his interpretation of four Aristotelian arguments /

In his magnum opus, The Healing, Avicenna took four Aristotelian arguments and used them to prove a very un-Aristotelian conclusion, that the cosmos is both created and eternal. This book explains how Avicenna used his distinctive understanding of possibility and necessity to do so.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hatherly, Celia Kathryn (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2022].
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Summary:In his magnum opus, The Healing, Avicenna took four Aristotelian arguments and used them to prove a very un-Aristotelian conclusion, that the cosmos is both created and eternal. This book explains how Avicenna used his distinctive understanding of possibility and necessity to do so.
Physical Description:vii, 191 pages ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-186) and index.
ISBN:9781666904482
1666904481