Soheil Afnan (95 results)

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Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. Avicenna His Life And Works. Book.

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Hard cover. Primera Edicià n en Español. 385 p. Very good in good dust jacket. some faint dampstains and tiny tears to the cover, else very good.

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Rústica. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: Nuevo. 01. Ningún pensador islámico ha ejercido una influencia más profunda y prolongada que Avicena. El autor introduce a los predecesores de Avicena y al panorama cultural de Persia en el siglo x para dar paso a una excelente descripción de la vida y obra del filósofo. LIBRO.…

Hardbound. Condition: Good. Octavo, red cloth with minor wear to the edges of the spine with red lettering, 300 pp., selected bibliography, chronology ofAvicenna's successors and commentators, index, ink-stamps and a paper label.

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First edition, hardcover, has a strong skew to the binding, light bumps to the spine ends and cover corners, and some small spots to the head of the text block. Overall, a solid, Very Good copy in a like, unclipped dust jacket, which has bumps with creasing to the spine ends and corners, sunning with some cross creases and scuffs to the spine, a couple short tears to the head of the front cover and spine, and rubbing with areas of smudging to the covers. The jacket is wrapped in Mylar.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. First Edition. 298 (2) pp. First Edition, 1958. Preface, Introduction, 9 chapters with footnotes, conclusion, Selected Bibiography, Chronology of Avicenna's Successors and Commentators, Index. No markings, binding tight, clean, white and bright. 6" x 8.75". Red cloth with gilt lettering to spine. "Ibn Sina (980-1037 CE), commonly known in the West as Avicenna, was a Persian polymath who is regarded as one of the most significant physicians, astronomers, philosophers, and writers of the Islamic Golden Age, and the father of early modern medicine. He has been called "arguably the most influential philosopher of the pre-modern era". He was a Muslim Peripatetic philosopher influenced by Greek Aristotelian philosophy. Of the 450 works he is believed to have written, around 240 have survived, including 150 on philosophy and 40 on medicine." Size: Octavo. Book.…

Softcover. Gr.-8° ( 26,2 : 17,5 cm). Originalbroschur. Der beigefarbene Umschlag mit leichten Gebrauchsspuren, am Rücken unten wasserfleckig. (2), 202 (2) Seiten (nicht aufgeschnitten) mit 10 Tafeln in schwarzweiss. Etwas randgebäunt, sonst gutes Exemplar. - Gr.-8° ( 26,2 : 17,5 cm). Original paperback. Cover is sligthly browned and a little used, with water mark on the back below. (2) 202, (2) pages with 10 plates in b/w. Good copy. Inhalt / Contents: Andreas Tietze - Slavische Lehnwörter in der türkischen Volkssprache / Mecdut Mansuroglu - Seyyad Hamza'nin bes manzumesi / Soheil Afnan - Some Arabic and Persian Terms of Philosophy / George Rentz -Notes on Oppenheim's Die Beduinen / P. Josef Kler - Die Windpferdfahne oder das ki-mori bei den Ordos-Mongolen / Alex Wayman - The Concept of Poison in Buddhism / Ferdinand D. Lessing - Bodhisattva Confucius / Chauncey S. Goodrich - The Reign of Wang Mang: Hsin or New? / Peter A. Boodberg - Notes on Isolocometry in Early Chinese Accounts of Barbarians / Hans H. Frankel - The "I" in Chinese Lyric Poetry / Shih-hsiang Chinese Poetics and Zenism / Yuen Ren Chao - A Note on Chinese Scales and Modes / Donald H. Shively - Notes on the Word kabuki / E.R. Hope - Letter Shapes in Korean Önmun and Mongol hPhagspa Alphabets / Review of Books and Periodicals. - Nach den Beiträgen folgen einige Buch- und Zeitschriftenbesprechungen in verschiedenen Sprachen. -- Bitte Portokosten außerhalb EU erfragen! / Please ask for postage costs outside EU! / S ' il vous plait demander des frais de port en dehors de l ' UE! // Bitte beachten Sie auch unsere Fotos! / Please also note our photos! / Veuillez noter nos photos -- Genießen Sie den goldenen Herbst! Machen Sie es sich gemütlich , bei uns finden Sie sicher die passende Lektüre! -- Wir kaufen Ihre werthaltigen Bücher! K00639-503041.…

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Contents Preface Introduction 1 Persia in the tenth century 2 Life and works of Avicenna 3 Problems of logic 4 Problems of metaphysics 5 Problems of psychology 6 Problems of religion 7 Medicine and the natural sciences 8 Avicenna and the east 9 Avicenna and the west 10 Conclusion A selected bibliography Index This book is an attempt to present to the general reader the life and works of Avicenna or Ibn Sina who is beyond doubt the most provocative figure in the history of thought in the East It is not a Defence of him and his system nor a critique of his philosophy During his lifetime he was deliberately scornful of defenders and critics alike he could not think better of them now that a thousand years have gone by With his position amply justified and after that extended period when his name hung on the lips of physicians and philosophers from the borders of China to the cloisters of mediaeval Paris and Oxford it seems best to let him speak for himselfIt has been emphasized that the problems he was confronted with resulted from the conflicting disciplines of two separate cultures brought face to face He is therefore of more than historical interest His attitude can be of guidance to those in the East who are meeting the challenge of Western civilization and to those in the West who have yet to find a basis on which to harmonize scientific with spiritual values jacket 300 pp.…