The first citation of a work includes its complete title; all further references to the same work appear in a shortened form. These shortened titles can be found along with complete bibliographical information in the bibliography. References to primary sources in the notes include internal divisions, such as book and chapter numbers; the divisions of the editor are included when more precision is required, such as page, paragraph, and line numbers. References to particular passages from primary sources include in brackets the editorâs name and page number from the edition used (and sometimes the line numbers following a colon). Quoted translations include in parentheses the translatorâs name and page number from the translation used. Unless noted otherwise, all references are to the works of Avicenna, and all page numbers from works of the Book of Healing in brackets are from the Cairo edition.
Exact citations of passages from the Healing. Metaphysics include the book (maqÄla), chapter (faá¹£l), the paragraph number Marmura introduced into his translation, and the page number to the Cairo edition in brackets. For example, IlÄhiyyÄt I.5.1 [29] indicates Healing, Metaphysics, book one, chapter five, paragraph one from Marmuraâs translation, and page twenty-nine from the Cairo edition. Citations from other works of the Book of Healing follow a similar pattern.
Primary Sources and Translations
Works of Avicenna
Avicenna. Healing. Logic. Isagoge =
Avicenna. Al-ShifÄʾ, al-Maná¹iq, Al-Madḵal, ed. G. Anawati, I. MadkÅ«r et al. Cairo: al-Maá¹baÊ¿a l-AmÄ«riyya, 1952.
Avicenna. Healing. Logic. Book of Categories =
Avicenna. Al-ShifÄʾ, Al-Maná¹iq, Al-MaqÅ«lÄt, ed. G. Anawati et al. Cairo: al-Maá¹baÊ¿a l-AmÄ«riyya, 1959.
Avicenna. Healing. Logic. Book of Interpretation =
Avicenna. Al-ShifÄʾ, Al-Maná¹iq, Al-Ê¿IbÄra, ed. M. El-H̱odeiri and I. Madkour, Cairo: al-Maá¹baÊ¿a l-AmÄ«riyya, 1970.
Avicenna. Al-Ê¿IbÄrÄ: Avicennaâs Commentary on Aristotleâs De Interpretatione, Part One and Part Two, trans., Allan Bäck. München: Philosophia-Verlag, 2013. All translations of the Ê¿IbÄrÄ are from Bäckâs translation unless noted otherwise.
Avicenna. Healing. Logic. Book of Syllogism =
Avicenna. Healing. Logic. Book of Demonstration =
Avicenna. Al-ShifÄʾ, al-Maná¹iq, al-BurhÄn, ed. A.E. Ê¿AffÄ«fÄ« et al. Cairo: al-Maá¹baÊ¿a l-AmÄ«riyya, 1956. All references to the BurhÄn are to Ê¿AffÄ«fÄ«âs edition, unless noted otherwise.
Avicenna. Healing. Physics =
Avicenna. Al-ShifÄʾ, Al-SamÄÊ¿ al-ṬabÄ«Ê¿i, ed. S. ZÄyed. Cairo: al-Maá¹baÊ¿a l-AmÄ«riyya, 1983.
Avicenna. The Physics of the Healing Islamic Translation Series, 2 vols. trans., Jon McGinnis. Provo, UT: Brigham Young University Press, 2009. All translations of the PH are from McGinnisâs translation unless noted otherwise.
Avicenna. Healing. Metaphysics or IlÄhiyyÄt =
Avicenna. Al-ShifÄʾ: Al-IlÄhiyyÄt, 2 vols., ed. G. Anawati, M. Y. Moussa, S. DunyÄ, S. ZÄyed. Cairo: al-Maá¹baÊ¿a l-AmÄ«riyya, 1960. All Emendations to the Cairo edition of the MH are based on Bertolacci, Reception, Appendix A, 483â558.
Avicenna. The Metaphysics of the Healing, ed. and trans., Michael Marmura. Provo, UT: Brigham Young University Press, 2005. All translations of the MH are from Marmuraâs translation unless noted otherwise.
Avicenna. Scientia Divinia or SD =
Avicenna Latinus, Liber de philosophia prima sive Scientia divina, 3 vols., ed. S. Van Riet. Leiden: Peeters; Louvain: Brill, 1977â1983.
Avicenna. Salvation =
Avicenna. KitÄb an-NajÄt, ed. M. T. DÄnishpazhÅ«h. IntishÄrÄt-i DÄnishgÄh-yi
TihrÄn, 1985.
Avicenna. Salvation. Logic =
Avicenna. Avicennaâs Deliverance: Logic, trans., Asad Q. Ahmed. Karachi: Oxford University Press, 2011. All translations from the Salvation. Logic are from Ahmedâs translation unless noted otherwise. I cite chapter divisions, Ahmedâs chapter section numbers, page number to DÄnishpazhÅ«hâs edition in brackets, and page numbers to Ahmedâs translation in parentheses. For instance, Avicenna, Salvation. Logic, 1.i [D, 7] (Ahmed, 3). Streetâs and Ahmedâs introduction and notes are cited by âStreet, Introduction,â âAhmed, Introductionâ or âAhmed, Notesâ and the page number.
Avicenna. Pointers =
Avicenna. Al-IshÄrÄt wa-t-TanbÄ«hÄt li-AbÄ« Ê¿AlÄ« ibn SÄ«nÄ, maÊ¿a Å arḥ Naṣīr ad DÄ«n aá¹-ṬūsÄ«, 4 vols., ed. SulsymÄn DunyÄ. Cairo: DÄr al-maÊ¿Ärif, 1971.
Avicenna. Pointers. Logic =
Avicenna. Remarks and Admonitions. Part one: Logic, trans., Shams C. Inati. Toronto: Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, 1984. All translations of Pointers. Logic
Avicenna. Pointers. Metaphysics =
Avicenna. Remarks and Admonitions: Physics and Metaphysics, trans., Shams C. Inati. New York: Columbia University Press, 2014. All translations of Pointers. Metaphysics are from Inatiâs translation unless otherwise noted. References to the Pointers. Metaphysics, include the class (namaá¹), chapter, page number to the DunyÄ edition in brackets, and the page number to Inatiâs translation in parentheses. For example: Avicenna. Pointers. Metaphysics, cl. 4, c. 5 [13â14] (Inati, 121).
Other Primary Works
All translations from the works of Aristotle are from the Barnesâs The Complete Works of Aristotle, unless noted otherwise.
Aristotle. Metaphysics in Arabic =
Averroes. TafsÄ«r mÄ baʼd a-á¹abīʼat, 3 vols. Texte arabe inédit établi par M. Bouyges. Imprimerie Catholique. Beirut, 1938â1948.
Al-Kindī. On First Philosophy =
Al-KindÄ«. KitÄb al-Falsafa al-ŪlÄ (On First Philosophy) in RasÄʼil al-KindÄ« al-falsafiyya. vol. 1. ed., M.Ê¿A. AbÅ«-RÄ«da. Cairo: DÄr al-Fikr al-Ê¿ArabÄ«, 1950.
Al-KindÄ«. The Philosophical Works of al-KindÄ«. trans., Peter Adamson and Peter E. Pormann. Karachi: Oxford University Press, 2012. All translations of Al-KindÄ«âs On First Philosophy are from Adamsonâs and Pormmanâs The Philosophical Works of al-KindÄ«, unless noted otherwise.
Al-FÄrÄbÄ«, On the Goals of the Metaphysics =
Al-FÄrÄbÄ«, On the Goals of the Metaphysics (FÄ« AǧrÄḠKitÄb MÄ baÊ¿da l-á¹abÄ«Ê¿a) from MaqÄla...fÄ« AǧrÄḠal-ḥakÄ«m fÄ« kulli maqÄla min al-KitÄb al-mawsÅ«m bi-l-ḥurÄf, in AlfÄrÄbÄ«âs Philosophische Abhandlungen, ed. F. Dieterici. Brill, Leiden 1890. 34â38. See the complete English translation in Bertolacci, Reception, 66â72; partial English translation in Gutas,
AAT
, 272â275 [240â242]; French translation Druart, âLe traité dʾal-FÄrÄbÄ« sur les buts de la Métaphysique dâAristote,â Bulletin de Philosophie médiévale, 24 (1982): 38â43. All quotations of On the Goals of the Metaphysics are from Bertolacciâs translation. References to Dieterici
Al-FÄrÄbÄ«, Book of Letters =
Al-FÄrÄbÄ«. Alfarabiâs Book of Letters (KitÄb al-ḤurÅ«f). Commentary on Aristotleâs Metaphysics. ed. M. Mahdi. Beirut: DÄr al-MaÅ¡riq. 1969.
Ibn ʿAdī. On the Three Kinds of Existence =
YahyÄ Ibn Ê¿AdÄ«. On the Four Scientific Questions Concerning the Three Kinds of Existence: Divine, Natural, and Logical (MaqÄla fÄ« l-buḥūth al-Ê¿ilmiyya al-arbaÊ¿a Ê¿an aá¹£nÄf al-wujÅ«d al-thalÄtha al-ilÄhÄ« wa-l-á¹abÄ«Ê¿Ä« wa-l-maná¹iqÄ«). Arabic edition and English translation in Stephen Menn and Robert Wisnovsky, ed. âYahya ibn Ê¿AdÄ«, âOn the Four Scientific Questions Concerning the Three Kinds of Existence: Editio princeps and Translation,â MIDEO 29 (2012): 73â96.
Averroes. Epitome of the Metaphysics =
Averroes. On Aristotleâs Metaphysics. An annotated translation of the so-called âEpitome,â ed. and trans., Rüdiger Arnzen. Berlin: De Gruyter, 2010.