Avicenna on the Ontology of Pure Quiddity /
This study focuses on the metaphysics of the great Arabic philosopher Avicenna (or Ibn Sīnā, d. 1037 C.E.). More specifically, it delves into Avicenna's theory of quiddity or essence, a topic which seized the attention of thinkers both during the medieval and modern periods. Building on recent...
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| Language: | English |
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Berlin ; Boston :
De Gruyter,
[2020]
Berlin ; Boston : [2020] |
| Series: | Scientia Graeco-Arabica ;
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Acknowledgements
- Contents
- Introduction
- Chapter I: Pure Quiddity in Context
- Chapter II: Quiddity in Itself and Mental Existence
- Chapter III: Quiddity in Itself in the Concrete World
- Chapter IV: The Special Ontological Mode of Quiddity in Itself
- Chapter V: The Divine Origin of Pure Quiddity
- Conclusion
- Appendix 1: The Avicennian terminology of pure quiddity
- Appendix 2: The existence of pure quiddity: A list of textual references
- Appendix 3: Quiddity and Avicenna's matrices of distinctions
- Bibliography
- Index of Names and Places
- Index of Technical Terms
- Frontmatter
- Acknowledgements
- Contents
- Introduction
- Chapter I: Pure Quiddity in Context
- Chapter II: Quiddity in Itself and Mental Existence
- Chapter III: Quiddity in Itself in the Concrete World
- Chapter IV: The Special Ontological Mode of Quiddity in Itself
- Chapter V: The Divine Origin of Pure Quiddity
- Conclusion
- Appendix 1: The Avicennian terminology of pure quiddity
- Appendix 2: The existence of pure quiddity: A list of textual references
- Appendix 3: Quiddity and Avicenna's matrices of distinctions
- Bibliography
- Index of Names and Places
- Index of Technical Terms