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Work #1295 · Mature

Ilāhiyyāt (Metaphysics of the Shifāʾ)

Ibn Sīnā (Avicenna)
c. 1014-1020 · Arabic
Metaphysical-philosophical treatise · Islamic falsafa / Aristotelian-Neoplatonist philosophy

Avicenna's metaphysical section of the Shifāʾ — the proper-philosophical theology

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Rows where works disagree are highlighted in gold. The full ontology grid is shown.

Attribute Ilāhiyyāt (Metaphysics of the Shifāʾ) (Mature)
Time · Extent Infinite
Time · Ontological Status Substantival
Time · Grain Continuous
Time · Freedom Deterministic
Time · Traversability Linear
Time · Dimensionality One
Time · Direction Uni-directional
Space · Extent Infinite
Space · Ontological Status Substantival
Space · Curvature Flat
Space · Dimensionality Three
Space · Locality Local
Matter · Extent Infinite
Matter · Ontological Status Substantival
Matter · Conservation Conserved
Matter · Dimensionality Three
Matter · Locality Local
Observer · Time Instance Single
Observer · Space Instance Single
Observer · Knowledge Extent Total
Observer · Knowledge Retainment Total
Observer · Physicality Embodied
Observer · Agency Active
Observer · Number Plural
Observer · Metaphysical Agency Personal
Observer · Moral Authority Reason
Observer · Theological Method
Energy · Extent Infinite
Energy · Ontological Status Substantival
Energy · Conservation Conserved
Energy · Dispersibility Irreversible
Information · Ontological Status Substantival
Information · Cosmic Conservation Conserved
Information · Personal Conservation Conserved
Information · Granularity Discrete

Dimension-by-Dimension Evidence

What each work's passages reveal about its stance on each of the six dimensions.

Time

Ilāhiyyāt (Metaphysics of the Shifāʾ)

The c. 1014-20 mature-Avicennian moment.

Space

Ilāhiyyāt (Metaphysics of the Shifāʾ)

Persian-Islamic philosophical setting.

Matter

Ilāhiyyāt (Metaphysics of the Shifāʾ)

The proper-metaphysical subject of being-qua-being.

Observer

Ilāhiyyāt (Metaphysics of the Shifāʾ)

Avicenna as proper philosophical-theological theorist.

Energy

Ilāhiyyāt (Metaphysics of the Shifāʾ)

The metaphysical-theological energies.

Information

Ilāhiyyāt (Metaphysics of the Shifāʾ)

The systematic metaphysical content.

Internal Tensions

Where each work's argument pulls against itself.

Ilāhiyyāt (Metaphysics of the Shifāʾ)

The Ilāhiyyāt has remained foundational for Islamic and Latin medieval-philosophical-theological work; specific positions (necessary-being, emanation) have been variously assessed.