The Arabic Plotinus: A study of the 'Theology of Aristotle' and related texts (PhD thesis)

(Title page) (Added)......Page 1
DEDICATION......Page 3
TABLE OF CONTENTS......Page 4
A NOTE ON ABBREVIATIONS AND TRANSLATIONS......Page 7
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS......Page 8
INTRODUCTION......Page 9
1. THE ARABIC PLOTINUS TEXTS AND THEIR ORIGIN......Page 16
1.1 The Arabic Plotinus corpus......Page 17
1.2 The origins of AP......Page 47
1.3 Other texts related to AP......Page 55
2.1 The Prologue......Page 66
2.2 The "Headings"......Page 87
3.1 Aristotelian influence on the Adaptor's theory of soul......Page 95
3.2 Ethical views in AP......Page 121
4.1 Learned ignorance......Page 147
5.1 Divine predication......Page 172
5.2 God and being......Page 194
5.3 Creation......Page 226
6. CONCLUSION......Page 252
6.1 The coherence of the Adaptor's thought......Page 253
6.2 What sources influenced the Adaptor?......Page 258
6.3 Who was the Adaptor?......Page 264
APPENDIX A: AL-KINDI AND THE ARABIC PLOTINUS......Page 268
A.1 God and being......Page 275
A.2 The emanative hierarchy......Page 280
A.3 Theory of the intellect......Page 287
A.4 The soul and recollection......Page 293
A.5 Astrology......Page 299
A.6 Conclusion......Page 309
APPENDIX B: IBN SINA AND THE THEOLOGY OF ARISTOTLE......Page 311
8.1 The treatment of soul in Ibn Sina's commentary......Page 315
8.2 Mystical knowledge in Ibn SIna's commentary......Page 320
8.3 Creation and emanation in Ibn Sina's commentary......Page 327
C.1 Notes on Mimar I......Page 331
C.2 Notes on Mimar II......Page 341
C.3 Notes on Mimar IV......Page 348
C.4 Notes on Mimar V......Page 352
C.5 Notes on Mimar VII......Page 358
C.6 Notes on Mimar VIII......Page 363
C.7 Notes on Mirnar IX......Page 366
On the Arabic Plotinus and other Texts from al-Kindi's Translation Circle......Page 369
On Historical Context, Kalam,  Arabic Philosophy, etc.......Page 373
On al-Kindi......Page 375
On Ibn Sina......Page 378
Abstract......Page 380