Chance and determinism in Avicenna and Averroes

Boston: Brill (2007)
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This book addresses the issue of determinism in Avicenna and Averroes through an analysis of their views on chance, matter and divine providence. It sets the debate against the philosophical/historical background of Aristotelianism, Neoplatonism and Islamic theology.

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B751.Z7.B45 2007

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9789004155879

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