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

Published by De Gruyter 2018

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

Edited by: Dag Nikolaus Hasse and Amos Bertolacci

Volume 23 in the series Scientia Graeco-Arabica

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781614516972

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About this book

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 definition and existence of motion and time. Other important topics are covered too, such as Avicenna’s theories of vacuum, causality, elements, substantial change, minerals, floods and mountains. It emerges, among other things, that Avicenna inherited to the discussion an acute sense for the epistemological status of natural science and for the mental and concrete existence of its objects. The volume also addresses the philological and historical circumstances of the textual tradition and sheds light on the translators Dominicus Gundisalvi, Avendauth and Alfred of Sareshel in particular.
The articles of this volume are presented by scholars who convened in 2013 to discuss their research on the influence of Avicenna’s physics and cosmology in the Villa Vigoni, Italy.

Author / Editor information

Dag Nikolaus Hasse, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg; Amos Bertolacci, Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa, Italy.

Reviews

"I highly recommend this fantastic work, especially for those interested in history of
philosophy (Arabic, Hebrew or Latin) or history of science." Mustafa Yavuz in: Revista Española de Filosofía Medieval, 27/2 (2020), 192-197

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	V
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Changing Motion: The Place (and Misplace) of Avicenna’s Theory of Motion in the Post-Classical Islamic World Jon McGinnis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	7
Avicenna’s al-ḥikma al-mutaʿāliya. Meaning and Early Reception Dimitri Gutas Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	25
Avicennian Elements in Faḫr al-Dīn al-Rāzī’s Discussion of Place, Void and Directions in the al-Mabāḥiṯ al-mašriqiyya Jules Janssens Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	43
The Existence of Time in Faḫr al-Dīn al-Rāzī’s al-Maṭālib al-ʿāliya Peter Adamson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	65
Time and Mind-Dependence in Sayf al-Dīn al-Āmidī’s Abkār al-afkār Andreas Lammer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	101
A Map of Averroes’ Criticism against Avicenna: Physics, De caelo, De generatione et corruptione and Meteorology Cristina Cerami Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	163
Avicennian Sources in Abraham Ibn Daud’s Natural Philosophy? Resianne Fontaine Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	241
The Medieval Hebrew Reception of Avicenna’s Account of the Formation and Perseverance of Dry Land: Between Bold Naturalism and Fideist Literalism Gad Freudenthal Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	269
Notes on Anonymous Twelfth-Century Translations of Philosophical Texts from Arabic into Latin on the Iberian Peninsula Dag Nikolaus Hasse and Andreas Büttner Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	313
Avicenna’s Influence on William of Auvergne’s Theory of Efficient Causes Katrin Fischer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	371
‘Averroes ubique Avicennam persequitur’: Albert the Great’s Approach to the Physics of the Šifāʾ in the Light of Averroes’ Criticisms Amos Bertolacci Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	397
Avicenna’s Physics in Roger Bacon’s Communia naturalium Cecilia Trifogli Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	433
Follower or Opponent of Aristotle? The Critical Reception of Avicenna’s Meteorology in the Latin World and the Legacy of Alfred the Englishman Jean-Marc Mandosio Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	459
Index of Avicenna’s Works with Passages Cited Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	535
Index of Names Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	543

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: All those interested in Avicenna and his reception in medieval philosophy and science.
Pages
- Front matter: 8
- Main content: 549
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 2
Keywords: Avicenna; Arabic philosophy; Hebrew philosophy; medieval philosophy

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Published: October 22, 2018
ISBN: 9781614516972

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Published: October 22, 2018
ISBN: 9781614517740