“From the One, Only One Proceeds”: The Post-Classical Reception of a Key Principle of Avicenna’s Metaphysics
Abstract The separated intellects play a crucial but notoriously controversial role within the Neoplatonic systems of al-Fārābī and Avicenna. While both thinkers provide an array of proofs to support the existence of such immaterial substances, the most enduring of these is based on a metaphysical r...
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| Tipo di documento: | Elettronico Articolo |
| Lingua: | Inglese |
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Brill
2020
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Oriens
Anno: 2020, Volume: 48, Fascicolo: 1/2, Pagine: 123-155 |
| Altre parole chiave: | B
Avicenna
B ṣudūr B intellects B Procession B Emanazione |
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| Riepilogo: | Abstract The separated intellects play a crucial but notoriously controversial role within the Neoplatonic systems of al-Fārābī and Avicenna. While both thinkers provide an array of proofs to support the existence of such immaterial substances, the most enduring of these is based on a metaphysical rule of Avicenna’s metaphysics known as the “rule of one” (qāʿidat al-wāḥid): that from the One, only one proceeds (lā yaṣdur ʿan l-wāḥid illā l-wāḥid). The following paper explores the various ways in which Avicenna defended this principle and traces their reception in the post-classical period, thereby showing how vigorously the question of emanation was debated among scholars of the later medieval period. |
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| ISSN: | 1877-8372 |
| Comprende: | Enthalten in: Oriens
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/18778372-04801005 |