Models of Desire in Graeco-Arabic Philosophy: From Plotinus to Ibn Ṭufayl

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In this study, Bethany Somma argues for a dichotomous interpretation of human desire developed by late ancient Greek and medieval Islamic philosophers in response to an ambiguity in Aristotle’s account of desire.

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B744.3.S66 2021

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Bligh Somma
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The theology of Aristotle.Peter Adamson - 2008 - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.

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