Metaphysics in Islamic PhilosophyA study of the concept of Being in Islamic philosophy, with special emphasis upon the contributions of Al-Farabi, Ibn Sina, Ibn Rushd, & Mulla Sadra. |
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abstract accident accidental accidentiality of existence according to Ibn al-huwiyyah al-mawjūd al-wujūd Arabic language argument Aristotelian Aristotle Aristotle's aspect Avicenna Bergh Book of Healing called chapter claim Commentary concept context copula copulative function dhāt discussion distinction einai ence entity essence and existence example existential existential import existential sense fact Farabi Ghazali Goichon grammar grammarian Greek huwa Ibidem Ibn Rushd Ibn Sina Ibn Sina's idea of horse identified identity of essence Incoherence individual thing Indo-European languages inna Interpretatione Islamic isnād issue ittihād kāna kaynūnah Kitāb laysa linguistic logical logician mawjūd mawjūdiyyah meaning mental Metaphysics mind Mulla Sadra natural language necessary existence nominal sentence noun ontological philosophers possible predicative construction Prior Analytics priority proposition question Rahman reality refer relation between essence separation shay simply sort speak subject and predicate substance Suhrawardi syntactical term thesis tion translation true verb vocabulary wjd derivatives words wujūd