Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgements vii
4. A Note on Transliteration and Citation ix
5. Introduction 1
6. Part I: Avicenna and the Ammonian Synthesis
7. 1. Aristotle: Perfection in the Definitions of the Soul and of Change 21
8. 2. Alexander and Themistius: Attempts at Reconciliation 43
9. 3. Proclus, Ammonius and Asclepius: The Neoplatonic Turn to Causation 61
10. 4. Proclus, Ammonius and Philoponus: Neoplatonic Perfection and Aristotelian Soul 79
11. 5. Greek into Arabic: The Greco-Arabic Translations and the Early Arabic Philosophers 99
12. 6. Avicenna on Perfection and the Soul: The Issue of Separability 113
13. Part II: The Beginnings of the Avicennian Synthesis
14. 7. Essence and Existence (A): Materials from the Kalām and al-Fārābī 145
15. 8. Essence and Existence (B): Shay'iyya or Sababiyya? 161
16. 9. Essence and Existence (C): The Question of Evolution 173
17. 10. Causal Self-Sufficiency vs. Causal Productivity 181
18. 11. Necessity and Possibility (A): Materials from the Arabic Aristotle 197
19. 12. Necessity and Possibility (B): Materials from al-Fārābī 219
20. 13. Necessity and Possibility (C): Materials from the Kalām 227
21. 14. Necessity and Possibility (D): The Question of Evolution 245
22. Conclusion 265
23. Appendix I: Tables of Greco-Arabic Translation 269
24. Appendix II: Transcriptions of Lemmata from MS Uppsala Or. 364 277
25. Bibliography 279
26. Index of Lemmata 293
27. General Index 297