Sufi Vocabulary, but Avicennan Philosophy
The Sufi Terminology in Chapters VIIIâX of Ibn SÄ«nÄâs al-IÅ¡ÄrÄt wa-l-tanbÄ«hÄt
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In the more than 125 years since A.F. Mehren included Chapters VIIIâX of al-IÅ¡ÄrÄt wa-l-tanbÄ«hÄt in his anthology of Ibn SÄ«nÄâs allegedly mystical treatises, scholars have used the presence of Sufi vocabulary in these chapters as evidence of Ibn SÄ«nÄâs mysticism. Yet, his use of Sufi terminology has received little dedicated, critical study. Through careful philological analysis, this study demonstrates that even though Ibn SÄ«nÄ appropriated technical vocabulary from Sufism, the meanings that he applied to those terms agree with his philosophical system. His use of these terms is not evidence of experimentation with a mystical, suprarational method of cognition.
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Sufi Vocabulary, but Avicennan Philosophy
The Sufi Terminology in Chapters VIIIâX of Ibn SÄ«nÄâs al-IÅ¡ÄrÄt wa-l-tanbÄ«hÄt
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In the more than 125 years since A.F. Mehren included Chapters VIIIâX of al-IÅ¡ÄrÄt wa-l-tanbÄ«hÄt in his anthology of Ibn SÄ«nÄâs allegedly mystical treatises, scholars have used the presence of Sufi vocabulary in these chapters as evidence of Ibn SÄ«nÄâs mysticism. Yet, his use of Sufi terminology has received little dedicated, critical study. Through careful philological analysis, this study demonstrates that even though Ibn SÄ«nÄ appropriated technical vocabulary from Sufism, the meanings that he applied to those terms agree with his philosophical system. His use of these terms is not evidence of experimentation with a mystical, suprarational method of cognition.
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