Ibn Sīnā (Avicenna): A Very Short Introduction by Peter Adamson
In this book, Peter Adamson introduces the most important philosopher of the Islamic world, Ibn Sina. After describing the historical context in which he lived, what we know of the man, and his surviving works, Adamson discusses the different areas of Ibn Sina's thought.-
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A distinctive feature of the book is its attention to the relationship between Ibn Sīnā and Islamic rational theology (kalām): in which we see how Ibn Sīnā responded to this tradition in many areas of his thought* Morteza Hajizadeh, Ph.D. graduate in English from the University of Auckland in New Zealand. *
Peter Adamson received his BA from Williams College and PhD from the University of Notre Dame. From 2000 to 2012 he was a member of the Philosophy Department at King's College London, and he maintains a connection to King's. But his primary position is now as Professor of Late Ancient and Arabic Philosophy at the LMU in Munich. The author of numerous monographs and articles on ancient and medieval philosophy, especially Neoplatonism and philosophy in the Islamic world, he also hosts the History of Philosophy podcast, which appears as a series of books with Oxford University Press.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780192846983 |
| ISBN 10 | 0192846981 |
| Title | Ibn Sīnā (Avicenna): A Very Short Introduction |
| Author | Peter Adamson |
| Series | Very Short Introductions |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Year published | 2023-07-27 |
| Number of pages | 128 |
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