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标题：Individual Essences in Avicenna’s Metaphysics
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作者：Muhammad Kamal
期刊名称：Open Journal of Philosophy
印刷版ISSN：2163-9434
电子版ISSN：2163-9442
出版年度：2014
卷号：04
期号：01
页码：16-21
DOI：10.4236/ojpp.2014.41004
语种：English
出版社：Scientific Research Publishing
摘要：Central to Aristotle’s metaphysics is the question of individuality. The individuality of each substance is explained in relation to “matter” because the “form” is universal. Avicenna, as one of the Aristotelian Neoplatonist philosophers, is not content with this explanation and proposes to establish individuality on other grounds. In this paper, I argue that in his perspective it is not the “matter” which determines individuality but rather the principle of existence.
关键词：Essence; Existence; Form; Matter; Substance; Universal; Particular; Individual Essence; Necessary Existence; Possible Existents and Metaphysics