Aquinas in Context: Being and Essence in Thomas Aquinas and its Source in Avicenna and William of Auvergne KU Leuven
Due to the burgeoning recognition of the influence of Arabic Philosophy on the Medieval Latin West, it can now be seen, although it is not widely recognized, that the metaphysical teachings of Thomas Aquinas are not merely the product of his Christian Aristotelianism, nor simply of his own unique genius, but are heavily indebted to the thought of the 10th and 11th century Persian philosopher Ibn Sina (Avicenna). In fact, it was Aquinas’s ...