The Reception of Aristotle's Metaphysics in Avicenna's Kitāb Al-Sifā': A Milestone of Western Metaphysical Thought

by Amos Bertolacci

This volume deals with the reception of Aristotle's Metaphysics in the masterpiece on metaphysics by Avicenna (Ibn Sīnā, d. 1037 C.E.), one of the major exponents of Arabic philosophy: the Ilāhiyyāt (Science of Divine Things) of the Kitāb al-Sifā' (Book of the Cure), known in the Latin Middle Ages as Liber de Philosophia Prima sive Scientia Divina.
The first part of the book (on...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 900414899X
• ISBN13: 9789004148994
• Release Date: August 2006
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 696 Pages
• Weight: 2.99 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.9" x 6.6" x 9.8"