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In Necessary Existence and the Doctrine of Being in Avicenna’s Metaphysics of the Healing Daniel De Haan explicates the central argument of Avicenna’s metaphysical masterpiece. De Haan argues that the most fundamental primary notion in Avicenna’s metaphysics is neither being nor thing but is the necessary (wājib), which Avicenna employs to demonstrate the existence and true-nature of the divine necessary existence in itself. This conclusion is established through a systematic investigation of how Avicenna’s theory of a demonstrative science is employed in the organization of his metaphysical science into its subject, first principles, and objects of enquiry. The book examines the essential role the first principles as primary notions and primary hypotheses play in the central argument of Avicenna’s metaphysics.
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Price: $200.00
Pages: 426
Publisher: Brill
Imprint: Brill
Publication Date:
13 August 2020
ISBN: 9789004430372
Format: Hardcover
'Avicenna scholars know well that Avicenna (980–1037) aspired to present his metaphysics in the form of an Aristotelian science. The mélange of topics that make up Avicenna’s Metaphysics often appears disjointed and rambling, making it difficult to see how successful he was in this aspiration. Daniel D. De Haan’s book provides an aerial view of Avicenna’s Metaphysics, which argues that Avicenna succeeded. More specifically, De Haan suggests how Avicenna’s conception of the “necessary” links the general subject of metaphysics (namely, being qua being) to its ultimate goal (namely, a scientific study of God). In this respect, De Haan’s work is less of a commentary on Avicenna’s Metaphysics than a metacommentary [...] De Haan’s study overall is rich and rewarding for anyone who intends to take a deep dive into Avicenna’s Metaphysics of the Healing.'
Jon McGinnis, in Journal of the History of Philosophy 60 (2021).
Jon McGinnis, in Journal of the History of Philosophy 60 (2021).
Daniel D. De Haan, Ph.D. (2015) University of St Thomas and KU Leuven, is a Research Fellow at Oxford University. He has published in The Journal of the History of Philosophy, Arabic Sciences and Philosophy, The Thomist, Quaestio, Documenti e studi.