The Reception of Ibn Sīnā`s Physics in Later Islamic Thought
Authors : Jules JANSSENS
Pages : 15-36
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Publication Date : 2010-09-07
Article Type : Research Paper
Abstract :In the Physics of his major encyclopedia al-Shifāʾ, Ibn Sīnā does not limit himself to paraphrase Aristotle`s Physics, but also adds important innovative ideas. However, one may wonder whether they did really influence the later Islamic tradition? Based on the treatise on change, present in Ibn Sīnā`s Physics, II, 1-4, it is shown that major later thinkers as Bahmanyār b. Marzubān, Abū l-ʿAbbās al-Lawkarī, Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī and Mullā Ṣadrā al-Shīrāzī were using his exposé in a significant way. Certainly, they did it in very different ways, but they clearly expressed their own views with an eye on Ibn Sīnā`s doctrine. The present paper details the elements and scope of this influence.Keywords : Ibn Sīnā, Bahmanyār b Marzubān, Abū l ʿAbbās al Lawkarī, Fakhr al Dīn al Rāzī, Mullā á¹¢adrā al Shīrāzī, Physics
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