A Thomistic Defense of "Nature" in Avicenna’s Physics
Avicenna offers a novel definition of "nature" as a power in his Physics of the Healing. Some have seen in this redefinition a radical departure from Aristotle. James Weisheipl, for one, rejected Avicenna’s definition as a mistaken interpretation of Aristotle and as a position incompatible...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2021
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European journal for the study of Thomas Aquinas
Year: 2021, Volume: 39, Issue: 1, Pages: 43-60 |
| IxTheo Classification: | KAE Church history 900-1300; high Middle Ages TG High Middle Ages VA Philosophy |
| Further subjects: | B
Avicenna
B Nature B Hylomorphism B Causality B Power |
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