02754nam 2200649 450 991078475390332120230421044650.00-19-772994-01-280-52611-40-19-536077-X1-4294-0115-X(CKB)1000000000402150(EBL)270946(OCoLC)191924685(SSID)ssj0000100976(PQKBManifestationID)11558448(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000100976(PQKBWorkID)10042001(PQKB)10965195(Au-PeEL)EBL270946(CaPaEBR)ebr10142125(CaONFJC)MIL52611(OCoLC)936848881(MiAaPQ)EBC270946(EXLCZ)99100000000040215019911008d1992 uy 0enguruz|---auuu|txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierAlfarabi, Avicenna, and Averroes on intellect their cosmologies, theories of the active intellect, and theories of human intellect /Herbert A. DavidsonNew York :Oxford University Press,[1992]1 online resource (374 pages)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-507423-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; 1. Introduction; 2. Greek and Arabic Antecedents; 3. Alfarabi on Emanation, the Active Intellect, and Human Intellect; 4. Avicenna on Emanation, the Active Intellect, and Human Intellect; 5. Reverberations of the Theories of Alfarabi and Avicenna; 6. Averroes on Emanation and on the Active Intellect as a Cause of Existence; 7. Averroes on the Material Intellect; 8. Averroes on the Active Intellect as the Cause of Human Thought; IndexMedieval Islamic, Jewish and Christian philosophers of the 16th century considered the distinction between the potential and the active intellect as a key to deciphering the nature of man and the universe. This study examines the manner in which three specific philosophers dealt with the issue.Islamic philosophyGreek influencesIntellectPhilosophy of mindIslamic cosmologyIslamic philosophyGreek influences.Intellect.Philosophy of mind.Islamic cosmology.153.9153.901Davidson Herbert A(Herbert Alan),1932-2021,909091MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910784753903321Alfarabi, Avicenna, and Averroes on intellect3752057UNINA