The Arabic, Hebrew and Latin Reception of Avicenna's Physics and Cosmology

by Dag Nikolaus Hasse

Avicenna (Ibn Sīnā) greatly influenced later medieval thinking about the earth and the cosmos, not only in his own civilization, but also in Hebrew and Latin cultures. The studies presented in this volume discuss the reception of prominent theories by Avicenna from the early 11th century onwards by thinkers like Averroes, Fahraddin ar-Razi, Samuel ibn Tibbon or Albertus Magnus. Among the topics which receive particular attention are the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1614517746
• ISBN13: 9781614517740
• Release Date: October 2018
• Publisher: de Gruyter
• Length: 557 Pages
• Weight: 2.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.7" x 9.6"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary