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"Parviz Morewedge’s translation of Avicenna’s Metaphysics is a significant contribution to the scholarship in Islamic philosophy…"

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Ibn Sina (980-1037), or known as "Avicenna" in the Latin West, is, in my humble opinion, after having just finished reading his "The Metaphysica", the greatest of the Medieval philosophers. I've read Boethius, Erigena, Averroes, Al-Farabi, Anselm, Eckhart, Scotus, Aquinas, Ockham, De Cusa, etc., and none of them have left me with the depth and breadth of knowledge nor concepts that Ibn Sina has. He takes the reader to the summit and depths of Aristotelian and Neoplatonic philosophy. He was an idealist and existentialist synthesized. His notion that essence and existence are exactly the same in God's absolute unity (God's infinite equality making them so) and separate in an individual man (essence being the "necessary idea" and existence being an "accidental idea") is very complex to grasp properly; but once it is grasped, you'll never let it go. You can see where Ockham got some of his understanding of first and second intentions (intuitive cognition and abstractive cognition). It's also evident to me that medieval suppositio theorists got many of their concepts from Avicenna--Duns Scotus, Aquinas, Ockham, just to name a few. Ibn Sina believed God is a being, unlike Proclus who believed God is beyond being. He differs time and again with Proclus as he does with Aristotle. He certainly has earned the title "The Philosopher of Being". There is a reason why St. Thomas Aquinas quoted Avicenna over 250 times in "The Summa Theologica" and other writings; the "The Metaphysica" will make it blatantly obvious why he did. Ibn Sina begins "The Metaphysica" by explaining the numbers of philosophical sciences, then analyses the nature of being, its application to things, and expounds on substance. He delves into the mysterious nature of substratum-matter and form--both incorporeal and corporeal--carrying those very forms from lower intellects to the highest intelligibles, directly uniting them to the Necessary Existent (i.e., God). He expounds on quality, quantity, and accidentality; the condition of universality and particularity; of unity and plurality; of priority and posteriority; of cause and effect; potentiality and actuality; and being as being necessary and being contingent. Those are just a handful of the treasures of wisdom Avicenna reveals to the eye of the speculative intellect. The book has a brief "Introduction". However, there are "Notes to the Text", which provide invaluable information on Aristotelian and Neoplatonic sources, distinctions, similarities, and so much more. At the end there is a long "The Commentary" by Parviz Morewedge, followed by "Notes to the Commentary". The book has a "Glossary" at the very back, which is helpful in understanding Persian terms. Overall Parviz Morewedge did a superlative job with this book. This single volume is essential to any quality philosophy or theology collection. It is just as relevant today as it was before or after St. Thomas Aquinas' time. If it seems a bit pricey for your budget now, you will consider it a bargain after you buy it and finish reading it. You'll come away understanding Aristotelian and Neoplatonic philosophy with a much greater insight, as well as learning a new philosophical system by a master seer. I highly recommend this magnificent volume of esoteric wisdom. ... Read more

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From the author: Keywords: Ibn Sina; natural philosophy; cause-effect relation; causality; causal efficacy; chance and luck; determinism.

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Title: Causality in Islamic philosophy: the arguments of Ibn Sina.(Report)
Author: Syamsuddin Arif
Publication: Islam & Science (Magazine/Journal)
Date: June 22, 2009
Publisher: Center for Islam & Science
Volume: 7Issue: 1Page: 51(18)

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Title: The achievements of IBN SINA in the field of science and his contributions to its philosophy.(Biography)
Author: Seyyed Hossein Nasr
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Date: December 1, 2003
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Title: Ibn Sina and Abu al-Barakat al-Baghdadi on the origination of the soul (Huduth al-nafs) and the invalidation of its transmigration (Ibtal al-tanasukh).
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Title: IBN Sina--Al-Biruni correspondence--VII.
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From the author: Keywords: Ibn Sina, Islamic cosmology, geocentric universe, multiverses, cosmic motion, celestial spheres, celestial bodies, celestial intelligences.

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Title: The universe as a system: Ibn Sina's cosmology revisited.(Critical essay)
Author: Syamsuddin Arif
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Title: Ibn Sina--al-Biruni correspondence-VIII.
Author: Rafik Berjak
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This digital document is an article from Science and Its Times, brought to you by Gale®, a part of Cengage Learning, a world leader in e-research and educational publishing for libraries, schools and businesses.The length of the article is 550 words.The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase.You can view it with any web browser.The histories of science, technology, and mathematics merge with the study of humanities and social science in this interdisciplinary reference work. Essays on people, theories, discoveries, and concepts are combined with overviews, bibliographies of primary documents, and chronological elements to offer students a fascinating way to understand the impact of science on the course of human history and how science affects everyday life. Entries represent people and developments throughout the world, from about 2000 B.C. through the end of the twentieth century. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Science and Its Times, brought to you by Gale®, a part of Cengage Learning, a world leader in e-research and educational publishing for libraries, schools and businesses.The length of the article is 692 words.The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase.You can view it with any web browser.The histories of science, technology, and mathematics merge with the study of humanities and social science in this interdisciplinary reference work. Essays on people, theories, discoveries, and concepts are combined with overviews, bibliographies of primary documents, and chronological elements to offer students a fascinating way to understand the impact of science on the course of human history and how science affects everyday life. Entries represent people and developments throughout the world, from about 2000 B.C. through the end of the twentieth century. ... Read more

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