Avicenna’s Shifāʾ (Sufficientia): in Defense of Medieval Latin Translators

This article explores the reasons why medieval Latin translators used the term Sufficientia to translate the title of Avicenna’s philosophical work, known in Arabic as al-shifāʾ and did not use instead terms like “healing” or “cure”, which are now frequently used. The article demonstrates that those...

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Main Author: Saliba, George 1939- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: De Gruyter 2017
In: Der Islam
Year: 2017, Volume: 94, Issue: 2, Pages: 423-433
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)