1st Edition
The 'Metaphysica' of Avicenna (ibn Sīnā) A critical translation-commentary and analysis of the fundamental arguments in Avicenna's 'Metaphysica' in the 'Dānish Nāma-i 'alā'ī' ('The Book of Scientific Knowledge')
By Parviz Morewedge
Copyright 1973
368 Pages
by
Routledge
368 Pages
by
Routledge
368 Pages
by
Routledge
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In this book, first published in 1973, Professor Parviz Morewedge, an expert on Islamic philosophy and mysticism, provides a critical exposition of one text of ibn Sina (Avicenna), the great Persian philosopher who lived from 980 to 1037. The text is his Metaphysica in the Danish Nama-I ‘ala’I ( The Book of Scientific Knowledge ). In addition to a translation of the text from Persian into... Read more
Part 1. The Text Part 2. Commentary 1. Metaphysics as First Philosophy: C (1-2) 2. On Being and Categorical Concepts: C (3-12) 3. Derived Metaphysical Concepts: C (13-18) 4. The Theory of the Necessary Existent: C (19-37) 5. The Theory of Contingent Being: C (38-57)
Biography
Parviz Morewedge
