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Author:   Peter Adamson
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Edition:   New edition
Volume:   1049
Weight:   0.725kg
ISBN:  

9781472420251

ISBN 10:   147242025
Pages:   376
Publication Date:   28 December 2014
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

"Contents: Preface. Plotinus, Porphyry and the Arabic Plotinus: Making a virtue of necessity: Anangke in Plato and Plotinus; One of a kind: Plotinus and Porphyry on unique instantiation; Plotinus on astrology; Aristotelianism and the soul in the Arabic Plotinus; Forms of knowledge in the Arabic Plotinus; A note on freedom in the circle of al-KindA""; Non-discursive thought in Avicenna's commentary on the Theology of Aristotle; Correcting Plotinus: soul's relationship to body in Avicenna's commentary on the Theology of Aristotle; Porphyrius Arabus on nature and art: 463F Smith in context. Al-KindA"" and the Kindian Tradition: AbA"" MaE'sar, al-KindA"" and the philosophical defense of astrology; Before essence and existence: al-KindA""'s conception of being; Al-KindA"" and the MuE'tazila: divine attributes, creation and freedom; Vision, light and color in al-KindA"", Ptolemy and the ancient commentators; The Kindian tradition: the structure of philosophy in Arabic Neoplatonism; Miskawayh's psychology. Indexes."

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These thoughtful papers demonstrate the erudition for which Adamson is known (...) He presents evidence that helps explain, among other things, why Kindian tradition was short-lived in philosophy. - Anthony F. Shaker, McGill University

"""These thoughtful papers demonstrate the erudition for which Adamson is known (…) He presents evidence that helps explain, among other things, why Kindian tradition was short-lived in philosophy."" - Anthony F. Shaker, McGill University"

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Peter Adamson is Professor for Late Antique and Arabic Philosophy at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat, Germany.

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