Influence of Ibn Sino's Suficial Philosophy on Modern Western Philosophy
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https://doi.org/10.17605/cajssh.v7i3.1358Keywords:
Abu Ali Ibn Sina, Avicennaism, Scholasticism, Metaphysics, Ontology, Essence and Existence, Active Reason, Philosophy of the Soul, Neoplatonism, Aristotelianism, Epistemology, Necessary Existence, Philosophy of Mysticism, Western PhilosophyAbstract
This article analyzes the influence of Abu Ali Ibn Sina's philosophy and his mystical-metaphysical views on the formation of contemporary Western philosophy. The study examines Ibn Sina's concepts of existence and essence, necessary and possible beings, active reason, soul, and the theory of knowledge within the framework of Western scholasticism and the school of "Latin Avicennism". In particular, the influence of Avicenna on the philosophical views of thinkers such as Thomas Aquinas, Albertus Magnus, Roger Bacon, and Duns Scotus is highlighted. The article argues that Ibn Sina's metaphysical system, which combines Aristotelianism and Neoplatonism, was an important theoretical basis for the development of Western ontology, epistemology, and scholastic methodology.
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