Why the Prime Mover Is Not an Exclusively Final Cause. Alexander of Aphrodisias and Averroes, 2023
By: David Twetten
Title Why the Prime Mover Is Not an Exclusively Final Cause. Alexander of Aphrodisias and Averroes
Type Book Section
Language English
Date 2023
Published in Contextualizing Premodern Philosophy: Explorations of the Greek, Hebrew, Arabic, and Latin Traditions
Pages 29-55
Categories Metaphysics, Alexander of Aphrodisias
Author(s) David Twetten
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Whose Prime Mover is More (un)Aristotelian, Broadie’s, Berti’s or Averroes’?, 2019
By: David Twetten
Title Whose Prime Mover is More (un)Aristotelian, Broadie’s, Berti’s or Averroes’?
Type Book Section
Language English
Date 2019
Published in La philosophie arabe à l’étude. Sens, limites et défis d’une discipline moderne. Studying Arabic Philosophy: Meaning, Limits and Challenges of a Modern Discipline
Pages 345–390
Categories Aristotle, Metaphysics, Cosmology, Theology, Modern Readings
Author(s) David Twetten
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Where is Averroes's Physical Proof of God's Existence?, 2011
By: David B. Twetten

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Where is Averroes's Physical Proof of God's Existence?, 2011
By: David B. Twetten

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Whose Prime Mover is More (un)Aristotelian, Broadie’s, Berti’s or Averroes’?, 2019
By: David Twetten
Title Whose Prime Mover is More (un)Aristotelian, Broadie’s, Berti’s or Averroes’?
Type Book Section
Language English
Date 2019
Published in La philosophie arabe à l’étude. Sens, limites et défis d’une discipline moderne. Studying Arabic Philosophy: Meaning, Limits and Challenges of a Modern Discipline
Pages 345–390
Categories Aristotle, Metaphysics, Cosmology, Theology, Modern Readings
Author(s) David Twetten
Publisher(s)
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Why the Prime Mover Is Not an Exclusively Final Cause. Alexander of Aphrodisias and Averroes, 2023
By: David Twetten
Title Why the Prime Mover Is Not an Exclusively Final Cause. Alexander of Aphrodisias and Averroes
Type Book Section
Language English
Date 2023
Published in Contextualizing Premodern Philosophy: Explorations of the Greek, Hebrew, Arabic, and Latin Traditions
Pages 29-55
Categories Metaphysics, Alexander of Aphrodisias
Author(s) David Twetten
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