Augustine and Ibn Sina on souls in the Afterlife

• Autores: Gareth Matthews
• Localización: Philosophy, ISSN-e 1469-817X, Vol. 89, Nº. 3, 2014, págs. 463-476
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • This paper examines significant similarities between the views of Augustine and Ibn Sina on the soul's knowledge of itself. But there is also an intriguing difference. Ibn Sina wanted to be able to supply a satisfying account of the individuation of souls in the afterlife but was unable to provide it. Augustine, by contrast, though seemingly not especially interested in supplying any such account, nevertheless attributed to separated souls a desire to return to their very own bodies, which suggests a way of developing such an account.