Work
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Aḥwāl al-nafs

Author

Ibn Sīnā, al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAbd Allāh, 980‒1037

Date of creation
  • 5th century   Hegirian
    11th century   Gregorian
Preferred title

Aḥwāl al-nafs   Arabic  IDEO-IFAO transliteration scheme

أحوال النفس   Arabic  

Variant title work
  • Risāla fī al-nafs wa baqāʾihā wa maʿādihā   Arabic  IDEO-IFAO transliteration scheme
  • Haḏā kitab muštamil ʿalā aḥwāl al-nafs   Arabic  IDEO-IFAO transliteration scheme
  • al-Kabīr fi ʿilm al-nafs   Arabic  IDEO-IFAO transliteration scheme
  • Risāla fī ḥaqīqat al-nafs al-insāniyya wa maʿrifatihā   Arabic  IDEO-IFAO transliteration scheme
  • Risāla fī māhiyyat al-nafs   Arabic  IDEO-IFAO transliteration scheme
  • Maqāla fī al-nafs tuʿraf bi al-fuṣūl   Arabic  IDEO-IFAO transliteration scheme
  • Risāla fī al-nafs   Arabic  IDEO-IFAO transliteration scheme
Work type Single work
Non-literary work Discursive work
Work manifested Early work
Work genre Textual work
Audience

Adult, serious

Nature of content

الفلسفة
علم النفس القديم
علم النفس السينوي

Summary

كتب ابن سينا هذه الرسالة لبعض إخوانه بغرض العلم بحقيقة النفس الإنسانية، وهو العلم الذي يميزهم عن العامة ويرفعهم إلى منزلة الخاصّة. يعرّف ابن سينا بالنفس وبالقوى النفسانية، ثم يقيم الأدلة على اختلاف أفعال هذه القوى، وعلى الانفصال بين النفس والبدن وعلى بقاء النفس ومعادها.

Summary

Avicenna dedicated this epistle for some of his brothers upon their inquiry about the truth of the human soul. They believed that this kind of knowledge will distinguish them from public, and hence elevate them to the rank of the intellectual elite. Avicenna defines the soul and the faculties of the soul. Then, he mentions the proofs on the different actions of the soul, the separation between soul and body and the eternity of the soul.

Bibliography

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Diamond   W 18121

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Updated at 17-11-2022 by Khadija Kamal (IDEO)


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