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Avicenna on the necessity of the actual : his interpretation of four Aristotelian arguments / Celia Kathryn Hatherly.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hatherly, Celia Kathryn, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Avicenna, 980-1037.
- Avicenna.
- Aristotle.
- Causation.
- Philosophy, Arab.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (vii, 191 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, an imprint of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., [2022]
- Contents:
- Part One: God as The First Cause of Existence
- The Modal Distinction in the Proof from the Metaphysics of the Healing
- The Modal Distinction in the Proof in the Metaphysics of the Salvation
- Part Two: God as The Ultimate Final Cause
- The First Efficient Cause as the Ultimate Final Cause
- The Role of the Proof from Motion
- Part Three: The Eternity of the World
- Material Potency as a Principle of Change
- The Eternal and the Generable.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 07, 2022).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Hatherly, Celia Kathryn. Avicenna on the necessity of the actual
- ISBN:
- 166690449X
- 9781666904499
- Publisher Number:
- 40031409014
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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