Avicenna on the Ontology of Pure Quiddity

This study focuses on the metaphysics of the great Arabic philosopher Avicenna (or Ibn Sīnā, d. 1037 C.E.). More specifically, it delves into Avicenna's theory of quiddity or essence, a topic which seized the attention of thinkers both during the medieval and modern periods. Building on recen...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Janos, Damien
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Berlin ; Boston De Gruyter, [2020]
Series:	Scientia Graeco-Arabica ; 26
Subjects:	Avicenna, > 980-1037. Islamic philosophy. Essentialism (Philosophy) Avicenna. History of Metaphysics. Islamic Philosophy. Islamische Philosophie. Medieval Philosophy. Philosophie des Mittelalters. Wesen. essence/quiddity. PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical. EBSCO eBooks Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

Frontmatter
Acknowledgements
Contents
Introduction
Chapter I: Pure Quiddity in Context
Chapter II: Quiddity in Itself and Mental Existence
Chapter III: Quiddity in Itself in the Concrete World
Chapter IV: The Special Ontological Mode of Quiddity in Itself
Chapter V: The Divine Origin of Pure Quiddity
Conclusion
Appendix 1: The Avicennian terminology of pure quiddity
Appendix 2: The existence of pure quiddity: A list of textual references
Appendix 3: Quiddity and Avicenna's matrices of distinctions
Bibliography
Index of Names and Places
Index of Technical Terms

Avicenna on the Ontology of Pure Quiddity

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