Avicenna on the necessity of the actual: his interpretation of four aristotelian arguments
Auteur :
Hatherly, Celia Kathryn
Éditeur :
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN :
9781666904482
Date de publication :
23 sept. 2022
Dimensions :
23,8 x 15,9 x 2,1 cm
Poids :
485 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
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.