Al-Bīrūnī and Avicenna on the Existence of Void and the Plurality of Worlds
Abstract The present paper is devoted to the famous letter exchange between al-Bīrūnī and Avicenna. Its main concern is to elaborate the philosophical content of two of the 18 questions, namely on the existence of void and the plurality of worlds. Since this has previously only been done in a superf...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2019
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Oriens
Year: 2019, Volume: 47, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 114-144 |
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Arabic philosophy
B Avicenna B al-Bīrūnī B void B plurality of worlds |
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