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Amos Bertolacci The Reception of Aristotle's Metaphysics in Avicenna's Kitāb al-Šifāʾ: A Milestone of Western Metaphysics, Islamic Philosophy, Theology and Science, Texts and Studies, 63 (Boston: E. J. Brill, 2006). Pp. 678. $275.00 cloth
In: International journal of Middle East studies: IJMES, Band 40, Heft 2, S. 354-356
ISSN: 1471-6380
RAHIM ACARTalking about God and Talking about Creation: Avicenna's and Thomas Aquinas' Positions, Islamic Philosophy, Theology and Science, Text and Studies (Leiden/Boston: E. J. Brill, 2005). Pp. 260. €99.00/$142.00 cloth
In: International journal of Middle East studies: IJMES, Band 39, Heft 2, S. 291-292
ISSN: 1471-6380
KIKI KENNEDY-DAY, Books of Definition in Islamic Philosophy: The Limits of Words (London: RoutledgeCurzon, 2003). Pp. 213. $75.00 cloth
In: International journal of Middle East studies: IJMES, Band 36, Heft 4, S. 686-687
ISSN: 1471-6380
Willful Understanding: Avicenna's Philosophy of Action and Theory of the Will
In: Archiv für Geschichte der Philosophie, Band 97, Heft 2
ISSN: 1613-0650
Abstract:In this study, we look at two interpretive puzzles associated with the thought of Avicenna that are still of intrinsic philosophical interest today. The first concerns to what extent, if at all, Avicenna's deity can be said to act freely. The second concerns to what extent, if at all, humans within Avicenna's philosophical system can be said to act freely. It is our contention that only through a careful analysis of Avicenna's theory of action can one begin to assess his position concerning the status of the will and so provide a satisfactory response to these two interpretative issues. We hope to show that Avicenna can account for divine freedom and that, at least in the case of prophets and sages, humans too are capable of free action.