Avicenna S Addendum To His Recension Of Ptolemy S Almagest
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Avicenna S Addendum To His Recension Of Ptolemy S Almagest
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Author : Sajjad Nikfahm-Khubravan
language : en
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Release Date : 2025-04-21
Avicenna S Addendum To His Recension Of Ptolemy S Almagest written by Sajjad Nikfahm-Khubravan and has been published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2025-04-21 with Philosophy categories.
The Islamic astronomical tradition greatly benefited from the many works produced in different ancient cultures, as well as the new empirical and theoretical approaches that led to advancements in various aspects of astronomy. Nevertheless, a significant portion of the history of this tradition, especially its formative period, was lost or remains undiscovered. Avicenna’s addendum to his recension of Ptolemy’s Almagest, which he incorporated into his main philosophical summa, Kitāb al-Shifāʾ, helps recover parts of this otherwise lost history. In the addendum, Avicenna took a historiographical approach and reported the developments in the science of astronomy that occurred from Ptolemy’s time until his own. As such, the treatise also sheds light on the sources that were possibly available to Avicenna. However, because Avicenna did not explicitly indicate his sources, and because the text’s structure is complex and language condensed, analyzing the treatise is a rather challenging task. The present monograph offers a critical edition of Avicenna’s addendum, complete with an English translation and commentary, to assist readers in better understanding and appreciating this valuable contribution to the history of Islamic astronomy.
Avicenna S Addendum To His Recension Of Ptolemy S Almagest
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Author : Sajjad Nikfahm-Khubravan
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2024-10-14
Avicenna S Addendum To His Recension Of Ptolemy S Almagest written by Sajjad Nikfahm-Khubravan and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-10-14 with History categories.
The Islamic astronomical tradition greatly benefited from the many works produced in different ancient cultures, as well as the new empirical and theoretical approaches that led to advancements in various aspects of astronomy. Nevertheless, a significant portion of the history of this tradition, especially its formative period, was lost or remains undiscovered. Avicenna's addendum to his recension of Ptolemy's Almagest, which he incorporated into his main philosophical summa, Kitāb al-Shifāʾ, helps recover parts of this otherwise lost history. In the addendum, Avicenna took a historiographical approach and reported the developments in the science of astronomy that occurred from Ptolemy's time until his own. As such, the treatise also sheds light on the sources that were possibly available to Avicenna. However, because Avicenna did not explicitly indicate his sources, and because the text's structure is complex and language condensed, analyzing the treatise is a rather challenging task. The present monograph offers a critical edition of Avicenna's addendum, complete with an English translation and commentary, to assist readers in better understanding and appreciating this valuable contribution to the history of Islamic astronomy.
The Almagest
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Author : Claudius Ptolemy
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2014
The Almagest written by Claudius Ptolemy and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with Science categories.
The Almagest is by far the greatest work in astronomy in ancient times. In a massive series of thirteen books, Ptolemy shows how every detail of the motions of the sun, moon, planets, and stars can be expressed using geometrical models that can be used to compute celestial positions with remarkable accuracy The present selection covers all the essential features of Ptolemy s treatment of the heavens, omitting only more difficult and abstruse matters such as the moon s motion and the calculation of eclipses. In the interest of conciseness, development of planetary theories is restricted to two planets, one inferior (Venus) and one superior (Mars). Ptolemy s text is accompanied by extensive notes and introductions that are aimed at making the book accessible to students encountering Ptolemy for the first time. This edition is designed to provide everything needed for a one-semester course, or it can be a component of a more general course on planetary theory or history of astronomy."
Avicenna And The Aristotelian Tradition
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Author : Dimitri Gutas
language : en
Publisher: Brill Academic Pub
Release Date : 2014
Avicenna And The Aristotelian Tradition written by Dimitri Gutas and has been published by Brill Academic Pub this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with Literary Criticism categories.
Through close study of Avicenna's statements and major works, Dimitri Gutas traces Avicenna's own sense of his place in the Aristotelian tradition and the history of philosophy in Islam, and provides an introduction to reading his philosophical works by delineating the approach most consistent with Avicenna's intention and purpose in philosophy. The second edition of this foundational work, which has quickened fruitful research into the philosopher in the last quarter century, is completely revised and updated, and adds a new final chapter summarizing Avicenna's philosophical project. It is also enlarged with the addition of a new appendix which offers a critical inventory of Avicenna's authentic works, updating the work of Mahdavi (1954) with additional information on all manuscripts and important editions and translations. Its usefulness enhanced, the book provides primary orientation to Avicenna's philosophy and works and constitutes an indispensable research tool for their study.
The Cambridge History Of Philosophy Of The Scientific Revolution
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Author : David Marshall Miller
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2022
The Cambridge History Of Philosophy Of The Scientific Revolution written by David Marshall Miller and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022 with PHILOSOPHY categories.
"Here is a well-known story. Before sometime in the early modern period, Europeans believed that knowledge of nature came solely from reading books, above all those of Aristotle. Then the humanist re-discovery and translation of various ancient philosophical works led the number of "authorities" to grow, and alongside a monolithic "Aristotelianism" emerged any number of "-isms": Stoicism, Epicureanism, Platonism, Skepticism, and so on. Gradually, philosophers realized that they need not need rely on authorities at all, and began to use their own reason, coupled with experience and experiment. Scholasticism and humanism were dead, and the "Age of Reason" had begun, with Descartes as its iconoclastic father (perhaps with a little help from Bacon)"--
Rich Kids A History Of Shopping Malls In Tehran
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Author : Javaad Alipoor
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2022-01-25
Rich Kids A History Of Shopping Malls In Tehran written by Javaad Alipoor and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-01-25 with Computers categories.
The global gap between rich and poor is growing. As the world decays, the spawn of the powerful dance like everyone is watching. This darkly comedic, dizzying show about entitlement, consumption and digital technology invites you to use Instagram to explore what is happening in the world.
How Modern Science Came Into The World
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Author : H. F. Cohen
language : en
Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
Release Date : 2010
How Modern Science Came Into The World written by H. F. Cohen and has been published by Amsterdam University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with History categories.
Once upon a time 'The Scientific Revolution of the 17th century' was an innovative concept that inspired a stimulating narrative of how modern science came into the world. Half a century later, what we now know as 'the master narrative' serves rather as a strait-jacket - so often events and contexts just fail to fit in. No attempt has been made so far to replace the master narrative. H. Floris Cohen now comes up with precisely such a replacement. Key to his path-breaking analysis-cum-narrative is a vision of the Scientific Revolution as made up of six distinct yet narrowly interconnected, revolutionary transformations, each of some twenty-five to thirty years' duration. This vision enables him to explain how modern science could come about in Europe rather than in Greece, China, or the Islamic world. It also enables him to explain how half-way into the 17th century a vast crisis of legitimacy could arise and, in the end, be overcome.
Neoplatonism And Islamic Thought
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Author : Parviz Morewedge
language : en
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Release Date : 1992-07-07
Neoplatonism And Islamic Thought written by Parviz Morewedge and has been published by State University of New York Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992-07-07 with Religion categories.
This book explores, through their Neoplatonism, the philosophies of four cultures: North African, Moorish Spanish, Greek, and Islamic. Originating in North Africa, Neoplatonism became the framework for philosophical reflection in these diverse cultural settings. Neoplatonic themes like emanationism are found in all of them, despite the difficulty of reconciling such philosophical ideas with religious orthodoxy. The wide appeal of Neoplatonism, perhaps, is due to its development of the mystical dimension of Platonism. From this perspective, this volume presents eternally recurring Neoplatonic themes like the monistic vision of the entire universe descending from a single principle, and a potentiality of a mystical ascent— a return to the origin. In addition, this book investigates the questions of self knowledge, the relation between the universal and the particular soul, and the transformation of spiritual substance into bodily substance in these cultures. These studies offer a rich and varied perspective of these cultures themselves, revealing the spirit of each in its adaptation to Neoplatonism.
The Life Of Ibn Sina
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Author : Avicenna
language : en
Publisher: SUNY Press
Release Date : 1974-01-01
The Life Of Ibn Sina written by Avicenna and has been published by SUNY Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1974-01-01 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The Land Of Stevin And Huygens
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Author : Dirk Jan Struik
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 1981-08
The Land Of Stevin And Huygens written by Dirk Jan Struik and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1981-08 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Translation of: Het land van Stevin en Huygens. With corrections and additional material.