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Ideas of Avicenna (Abu Ibn Sina), by Text
[Persian, 980 - 1037, Born at Bukhara. Began a life of wandering in 999. Died in Isfahan.]
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Commentary on the Metaphysics
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p.50
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An essence can either be universal (in the mind) or singular (in concrete particulars) [Panaccio]
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1/6
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p.91
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Understanding begins with the notion of being and essence
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11/12.14
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p.97
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The ultimate material of things has the unity of total formlessness
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5.5
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p.103
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The simple's whatness is its very self
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