Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Acknowledgments VII
3. Contents IX
4. Introduction 1
5. Chapter I Theories of oneness before Avicenna 12
6. Chapter II The logical and epistemological structure of waḥda 73
7. Chapter III Oneness, existence, and the subject matter of metaphysics 96
8. Chapter IV The metaphysical status of oneness 137
9. Chapter V Kindī, Fārābī, and Yaḥyā on essential and accidental oneness 155
10. Chapter VI Avicenna’s Doctrine of Essential Oneness 182
11. Chapter VII Some outstanding theological issues 279
12. Conclusion 302
13. Bibliography 306
14. Index of philosophical and theological notions 320
15. Index of historical names and groups 325