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.
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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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. |
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| Physical Description: | vii, 191 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-186) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781666904482 1666904481 |