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Work #1294 · Mature

Kitāb al-Najāt (Book of Salvation)

Ibn Sīnā (Avicenna)
c. 1027 · Arabic
Philosophical compendium · Islamic falsafa / Aristotelian philosophy

Avicenna's c.1027 philosophical compendium — summary of the Shifāʾ

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Attribute Kitāb al-Najāt (Book of Salvation) (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

Kitāb al-Najāt (Book of Salvation)

The c. 1027 mature-Avicennian moment.

Space

Kitāb al-Najāt (Book of Salvation)

Persian-Islamic philosophical setting.

Matter

Kitāb al-Najāt (Book of Salvation)

The systematic philosophical subjects.

Observer

Kitāb al-Najāt (Book of Salvation)

Avicenna as proper-systematic theorist.

Energy

Kitāb al-Najāt (Book of Salvation)

The philosophical energies.

Information

Kitāb al-Najāt (Book of Salvation)

The compendium content.

Internal Tensions

Where each work's argument pulls against itself.

Kitāb al-Najāt (Book of Salvation)

The Najāt has remained important Avicennian reference work alongside the vast Shifāʾ.