AVICEBRONOV PRAMEŇ ŽIVOTA A ALBERT VEĽKÝ

• Authors: Mičaninová Mária

Title variants

EN

Avicebron’s Fons vitae and Albert the Great

• Languages of publication: SK

Abstracts

EN

The medieval Christian philosophy was influenced by the translations of the writings by the ancient philosophers from Arabic into Latin. Among them was also 'Liber de causis' by Avicebron. In his commentary Albert the Great examines Avicebron's theory of universal matter and universal form, offering his own interpretation of the latter. The conclusions of the author's analysis of the Albert's commentary are as follows: 1. In Albert's commentary the theory of Avicebron is not represented adequately. 2. Albert's objections against Avicebron's theory are not identical with his approach to Platonism in general. 3. Dividing philosophers into two groups, Platonists and Aristotelians, as usually found in contemporary analyses, can not be applied when analyzing Albert's commentary, while the two approaches differ substantially.

Keywords

EN

ALBERT THE GREAT; ARISTOTELISM; AVICEBRON; CHRISTIAN PHILOSOPHY; FONS VITAE; LIBER DE CAUSIS; MIDDLE AGES; PLATONISM

Discipline

• PHILOSOPHY: PHILOSOPHY

• Publisher: Institute of Philosophy, Slovak Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Filozofia (Philosophy)
• Year: 2010
• Volume: 65
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 161-169
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Mičaninová Mária

• Doc. PhDr. Maria Micaninova, CSc., Katedra filozofie a dejin filozofie FF UPJS v Kosiciach, Petzvalova 4, 040 11 Kosice, Slovak Republic

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CEJSH db identifier

10SKAAAA088827