Avicenna and his Heritage

Ibn Sînæ, known in the West as Avicenna, may be considered to be a major figure of the history of Arabo-Islamic philosophy, medicine and science. His influence was substantial and enduring, not only in the Islamic world, but also in medieval Christian-Latin and Jewish circles. This volume includes contributions of eminent scholars in very different fields of Avicenna's thought and influence. New insights are offered inter alia on the different ways of reception of his philosophy in the Islamic East or, more specifically, in Isma'ili thought, or in the great Shi'ite Iranian thinker, i.e., Mullæ ?adræ; on a recently -thus far unknown- treatise on ethics; on the phenomenon of pseudepigraphica related to Avicenna; on several innovative ideas in Avicenna's logic, physics, metaphysics and zoology; on the difficult issue of hendyades in the Avicenna Latinus; on Albert the Great's probable knowledge of Avicenna's Preface to the latter's opus magnum; on William of Auvergne's and Duns Scotus' critical use of Avicennian ideas in several aspects of their philosophy; on the significance of Avicenna for such particular doctrines as that of relation in Henry of Ghent or of evil in Thomas of Aquinas; on Avicenna's direct or indirect influence on medieval Jewish philosophy, and, more particularly, on Maimonides; on the place of Avicenna's medical Qænºn in the Arabo-Islamic tradition and on the way it was dealt with in medieval Europe. Herewith, a serious basis is laid for a better understanding of Avicenna's thought and its spread.

"Avicenna and his Heritage" was edited by Jules Janssens and Daniël De Smet.

Daniël De Smet est Directeur de Recherche au CNRS (Villejuif). Ses recherches concernent la transmission et l'influence de la philosophie tardo-antique dans l'islam, ainsi que le chiisme ismaélien.

Yes, "Avicenna and his Heritage" is part of the "Ancient and Medieval Philosophy - Series 1" series. It's book 28 in the series.

In association with The De Wulf-Mansion Centre.

About the Series

The series' focus lies primarily on the continuity and thematic transitions between ancient, medieval and renaissance thought, but also includes volumes on specific topics related to any of those periods. ‘Philosophy' is understood broadly to include metaphysics, ethics, natural philosophy, epistemology and philosophy of mind, and philosophical theology. Since the series is particularly devoted to making available Latin and Greek source texts, we welcome critical text editions as well as contributions that are based on philological scrutiny of those texts, without losing sight of their philosophical importance.

Ancient and Medieval Philosophy - Series 1 aims to publish at least two volumes a year and accepts monographs as well as thematically coherent edited volumes in English (without excluding the possibility of French, German, or Italian contributions to edited volumes). Manuscripts should be 80.000 to 120.000 words in length.

Readership

Researchers and graduate students in ancient, medieval and renaissance philosophy, in classics and in history.

Editorial Coordinator

Russell Friedman, KU Leuven, Belgium

Editorial Board

Pieter Beullens, KU Leuven, Belgium
Lisa Devriese, KU Leuven, Belgium
Pieter d'Hoine, KU Leuven, Belgium
Jan Opsomer, KU Leuven, Belgium
Jenny Pelletier, KU Leuven, Belgium
Andrea Robiglio, KU Leuven, Belgium
Carlos Steel, KU Leuven, Belgium
Gerd Van Riel, KU Leuven, Belgium

Advisory Board

Brad Inwood, Yale Universityo, USA
Jill Kraye, The Warburg Institute, London, United Kingdom
John Marenbon, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
Lodi Nauta, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
Timothy Noone (†) , The Catholic University of America, USA
Robert Pasnau, University of Colorado at Boulder, USA
Martin Pickavé, University of Toronto, Canada,
Pasquale Porro, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy
Geert Roskam, KU Leuven, Belgium

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Proposals and enquiries can be sent to  editorial coordinator Russell L. Friedman. Please send a preliminary abstract (3-4 pp.) and a short bio. Upon approval of this abstract, the full manuscript will be submitted to international peer review.

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Links & Resources

Daniel De Smet
Avicenne et l'ismaélisme post-fatimide

Bekir Karliga
Un nouveau traité d'éthique d'Ibn Sina inconnu jusqu'à nos jours

Gotthard Strohmaier
Avicenne et le phénomène des écrits pseudépigraphiques

Miguel Cruz Hernández
El concepto de Metafísica de Avicenna

Miklos Maróth
Stylistics in Ibn Sina's Philosophy

Ahmad Hasnawi
La Physique du Sifa: aperçus sur sa structure et son contenu

Dimitri Gutas
The heritage of Avicenna: The Golden Age of Arabic Philosophy, 1000-ca. 1350

Cécile Bonmariage
L'intellection comme identification. Mulla Sadra vs. Avicenne

Jules Janssens
L'Avicenne latin: particularités d'une traduction

Amos Bertolacci
Albert the Great and the Preface of Avicenna's Kitab al-Sifa

Roland Teske
William of Auvergne's Debt to Avicenna

Carlos Steel
Avicenna and Thomas Aquinas on Evil

Jos Decorte
Avicenna's Ontology of Relation: a Source of Inspiration to Henry of Ghent

Jean-Michel Counet
Avicenne et son influence sur la pensée de Jean Duns Scot

Thérèse-Anne Druart
Avicenna's Influence on Duns Scotus' Proof for the Existence of God in the Lectura

Mauro Zonta
Avicenna in Medieval Jewish Philosophy

Idit Dobbs-Weinstein
Maimonides' Retinence toward Ibn Sina

Floreal Sanagustin
Le Canon de la Médecine d'Avicenne: texte de rupture épistémologique?

Danielle Jacquart
Lectures universitaires du Canon d'Avicenne

Remke Kruk
Ibn Sina On Animals: between de First Teacher and the Physician