HoP 139 - By the Time I Get to Phoenix - Avicenna on Existence
July 28th, 2013
Avicenna revolutionizes metaphysics with groundbreaking ideas about necessity and contingency, and his new distinction between essence and existence.
Avicenna revolutionizes metaphysics with groundbreaking ideas about necessity and contingency, and his new distinction between essence and existence.
Despite a tumultuous life, Avicenna manages to become the most influential of all medieval philosophers.
Al-Ash‘arī puts his stamp on the future of Islamic theology by emphasizing God’s untrammeled power and freedom.
Peter is joined by Farhad Daftary, a leading expert on the Shiite group known as the Ismā'īlīs.