Bringing Things Back from Nothingness: The Restoration of the Non-Existent before and after Avicenna

This paper presents the evolution of the Islamic debates on i‘ādat al-ma‘dūm [restoration of the non-existent], examining the notion itself, the motives behind its adoption and rejection, and the arguments for and against its possibility. Restoration consists in an act of recreating a previously ann...

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Main Author: Francesco Omar Zamboni
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Scientific Studies Association (ILEM) 2022-05-01
Series:Nazariyat: Journal for the History of Islamic Philosophy and Sciences
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Online Access:https://nazariyat.org/content/5-sayilar/16-cilt-8-sayi-1/2-francesco-omar-zamboni/2_f_omar_zamboni_en.pdf