Avicenna

This book offers a new edition, with English translation and commentary, of the Kitab al-Mad?al, which opens Avicenna’s (d. 1037) most comprehensive summa of Peripatetic philosophy, namely the Kitab al-Šifa?. For the first time, the text is established together with a stemma codicum showing the genealogical relations among 34 manuscripts, the twelfth-century Latin translation, and the literal quotations by Avicenna’s first and second-generation students. In this book, Avicenna’s reappraisal of Porphyry’s Isagoge is examined from both a historical and a philosophical point of view. The key-features of Avicenna’s theory of predicables are analyzed in the General Introduction and in the Commentary both in their own right and against the background of the Greek and Arabic exegetical tradition. Readers shall find in this book the first systematic study of the Mad?al which, in addition to being the only logical work of the Šifa? ever transmitted in its entirety both in Arabic and in Latin, is crucial for understanding Avicenna’s conception of universal predicables at the crossroads between logic and metaphysics.

Avicennas "Buch der Heilung" ist Teil einer monumentalen Enzyklopadie der philosophischen Wissenschaften seiner Zeit und wurde bereits im 12. Jahrhundert in Teilen ins Lateinische ubersetzt. Besonders einflussreich war im lateinischen Mittelalter jener Teil dieser Enzyklopadie, der sich mit der Metaphysik befasst. Die vorliegende Ausgabe dokumentiert diesen Schlusseltext in seiner arabischen und lateinischen Tradition mitsamt deutscher Ubersetzung.

The main purpose of this work is to provide an English translation of and commentary on a recently published Arabic text dealing with con­ ditional propositions and syllogisms. The text is that of A vicenna (Abu represents his views on the subject as they were held throughout his life.

Avicennae Metaphysica is a philosophical treatise written by the renowned Persian philosopher, Avicenna. The book is a comprehensive exploration of metaphysics, which is the branch of philosophy that deals with the nature of reality, existence, and the universe. Avicenna's work is divided into ten chapters, each of which delves into a different aspect of metaphysics. In the first chapter, Avicenna discusses the concept of being and its relationship to existence. He then moves on to explore the nature of causality, the relationship between cause and effect, and the concept of contingency. In subsequent chapters, Avicenna discusses the nature of substance, the relationship between substance and accident, and the concept of unity. The later chapters of the book focus on the nature of God, the relationship between God and the universe, and the concept of the soul. Avicenna's exploration of these topics is deeply influenced by his Islamic faith, and he draws heavily on Islamic theology in his arguments. Overall, Avicennae Metaphysica is a seminal work in the history of philosophy, and it continues to be studied and debated by scholars to this day. Avicenna's insights into the nature of reality and existence have had a profound impact on the development of Western philosophy, and his work remains a cornerstone of Islamic philosophy and theology.Text Is In Latin.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

"Avicenna's Physics" is the very first volume that he wrote when he began his monumental encyclopedia of science and philosophy, "The Healing". Avicenna's reasons for beginning with "Physics" are numerous: it offers up the principles needed to understand such special natural sciences as psychology; it sets up many of the problems that take center stage in his Metaphysics; and it provides concrete examples of many of the abstract analytical tools that he would develop later in "Logic". While "Avicenna's Physics" roughly follows the thought of "Aristotle's Physics", with its emphasis on natural causes, the nature of motion, and the conditions necessary for motion, the work is hardly derivative. It represents arguably the most brilliant mind of late antiquity grappling with and rethinking the entire tradition of natural philosophy inherited from the Greeks as well as the physical thought of Muslim speculative theologians. As such, "Physics" is essential reading for anyone interested in understanding Avicenna's complete philosophical system, the history of science, or the history of ideas.

The main purpose of this work is to provide an English translation of and commentary on a recently published Arabic text dealing with con­ ditional propositions and syllogisms. The text is that of A vicenna (Abu represents his views on the subject as they were held throughout his life.