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Autore: | Davidson Herbert A (Herbert Alan), <1932-2021, > |
Titolo: | Alfarabi, Avicenna, and Averroes on intellect : their cosmologies, theories of the active intellect, and theories of human intellect / / Herbert A. Davidson |
Pubblicazione: | New York : , : Oxford University Press, , [1992] |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (374 pages) |
Disciplina: | 153.9 |
153.901 | |
Soggetto topico: | Islamic philosophy - Greek influences |
Intellect | |
Philosophy of mind | |
Islamic cosmology | |
Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | 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; Index |
Sommario/riassunto: | Medieval 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. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Alfarabi, Avicenna, and Averroes on intellect |
ISBN: | 1-280-52611-4 |
0-19-536077-X | |
1-4294-0115-X | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910458613303321 |
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