Ibn Sina's Remarks and admonitions physics and metaphysics: an analysis and annotated translation 9780231166164, 9780231537421, 0231166168, 0231537425

Table of contents :
Table of Contents......Page 8
Preface......Page 22
Analysis of the Text......Page 28
Part Two: Physics......Page 84
First Class: On the Substance of Bodies......Page 86
Second Class: On the Directions and Their Primary and Secondary Bodies......Page 105
Third Class: On the Terrestrial and Celestial Souls......Page 121
Supplement to the [Third] Class: On Expositing the Movements Produced by the Soul......Page 138
Part Three: Metaphysics......Page 144
Fourth Class: On Existence and Its Causes......Page 146
Fifth Class: Creation Ex Nihilo and Immediate Creation......Page 159
Sixth Class: On Ends, on Their Principles, and on the Arrangement of existence......Page 171
Seventh Class: On Abstraction......Page 193
Notes......Page 210
Bibliography......Page 234
Index......Page 236