Ibn Sina And His Influence on the Arabic And Latin World (Variorum Collected Studies Series)

This volume focuses on Ibn Sina - the Avicenna of the Latin West - and the enormous impact of his philosophy in both the Islamic and Christian worlds. Jules Janssens opens with a new introductory article, surveying the position of work in the field. The next studies look at Ibn Sina's work and thought, inspired by Alexandrian Neoplatonism on the one hand, and the Qur'an on the other, notably his views on the relationship between God and the world, within the context of Islam. There follow explorations of Ibn Sina's influence on later philosophers, first within the Islamic world and with particular reference to al-Ghazzali, but also, once translated into Latin, in the scholastic world of the West, on figures such as Albert the Great, Thomas Aquinas, and above all Henry of Ghent. This volume focuses on Ibn Sina - the Avicenna of the Latin West - and the enormous impact of his philosophy in both the Islamic and Christian worlds. Cover 1 Series Page 2 Half Title 3 Title Page 5 Copyright Page 6 Table of Contents 7 Preface 11 Acknowledgements 14 I Ibn Sīnā, and His Heritage in the Islamic world and in the Latin West 15 II Ibn Sīnā's Ideas of Ultimate Realities: Neoplatonism and the Qur'ān as Problem-solving Paradigms in the Avicennian System 29 III The Problem of Human Freedom in Ibn Sīnā 49 IV Creation and Emanation in Ibn Sīnā 57 V Ibn Sīnā (Avicenne): Un Projet "religieux" de Philosophie? 81 VI Les Ta 'līqāt d'Ibn Sīnā: Essai de Structuration et de Datation 89 VII Le Dānesh-Nāmeh d'Ibn Sīnā: Un Texte à Revoir? 103 VIII Le ma 'ārij al-quds fi madārij ma 'rifat al-nafs: Un élément-clé Pour le Dossier GhazzāIī-Ibn Sīnā? 119 IX Al-GhazzāIī's Mi' ydr al- ' ilm fi fann al-mantiq: Sources Avicenniennes et Farabiennes 149 X Al-GhazzāIī' s Tahāfut: Is it Really a Rejection of Ibn Sīnā' s Philosophy? 177 XI Al-GhazzāIī, and His Use of Avicennian Texts 195 XII Bahmanyār ibn Marzubān: a Faithful Disciple of Ibn Sīnā? 209 XIII Mullā Sadrā' s Use of Ibn Sīnā' s Ta 'līqāt in the Asfār 231 XIV L'Avicenne latin: particularités d'une Traduction 245 XV L'Avicenne latin: Un Témoin (indirect) des Commentateurs (Alexandre d'Aphrodise - Thémistius - Jean Philopon) 263 XVI Some Elements of Avicennian Influence on Henry of Ghent's Psychology 281 XVII Elements of Avicennian Metaphysics in the Summa 297 Index 317 Islamic,World;,Ultimate,Realistic;,Neoplatonism;,Human,Freedom;,Avicennian,Texts Islamic World,Ultimate Realistic,Neoplatonism,Human Freedom,Avicennian Texts

This volume focuses on Ibn Sina—the Avicenna of the Latin West—and the enormous impact of his philosophy in both the Islamic and Christian worlds. Jules Janssens opens with a new introductory article, surveying the position of work in the field. The next studies look at Ibn Sina's work and thought, inspired by Alexandrian Neoplatonism on the one hand, and the Qur'an on the other, notably his views on the relationship between God and the world, within the context of Islam. There follow explorations of Ibn Sina's influence on later philosophers, first within the Islamic world and with particular reference to al-Ghazzali, but also, once translated into Latin, in the scholastic world of the West, on figures such as Albert the Great, Thomas Aquinas, and above all Henry of Ghent.

Ibn Sina (980-1037 AD), long known in the West as Avicenna, was at the center of the school of Islamic philosophy that inherited and adapted Greek thinking from pre-Socratic to late Hellenic times, says Jansson. The 17 essays he has collected here discuss such aspects as his heritage in the Islamic world and the Latin West, the problem of human freedom, al-Gazzali and his use of Avicennian texts, and some elements of Avicennian influence on Henry of Ghent's psychology. One is published here for the first time; the others are reproduced--with original page numbers--from publication since 1987, but mostly the late 1990s