A Thomistic Defense of "Nature" in Avicenna’s Physics
Avicenna offers a novel definition of "nature" as a power in his Physics of the Healing. Some have seen in this redefinition a radical departure from Aristotle. James Weisheipl, for one, rejected Avicenna’s definition as a mistaken interpretation of Aristotle and as a position incompatible...
| Published in: | European journal for the study of Thomas Aquinas |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2021
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European journal for the study of Thomas Aquinas
Year: 2021, Volume: 39, Issue: 1, Pages: 43-60 |
| RelBib Classification: | KAE Church history 900-1300; high Middle Ages TG High Middle Ages VA Philosophy |
| Further subjects: | B
Avicenna
B Nature B Hylomorphism B Causality B Power |
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| Summary: | Avicenna offers a novel definition of "nature" as a power in his Physics of the Healing. Some have seen in this redefinition a radical departure from Aristotle. James Weisheipl, for one, rejected Avicenna’s definition as a mistaken interpretation of Aristotle and as a position incompatible with Thomas Aquinas. In Weisheipl’s view, Avicenna reifies form into a kind of motor of the natural being, a conception earlier rejected by Thomas Aquinas in several works. In this study, I offer a Thomistic defense of Avicenna by investigating the definition of nature and its relation to matter and form. |
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| ISSN: | 2657-3555 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: European journal for the study of Thomas Aquinas
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2478/ejsta-2021-0003 |