Avicenna and Medieval Muslim Philosophy

The author of this lecture does a really good job of explaining what the thinker meant, then quoting the thinker, and then restating what it means, a very effective way of presenting information. Avicenna, one of the great thinkers mentioned in this book, completely blew me away. I really like Hegel'......more

A brilliant if short biography of sorts, primarily following the faith journey of Muslim philosopher Avicenna as he aims to find the perfect marriage of reason and faith, only to finally realise that human logic can only take us so far in the matter of the Divine. Finding his true solace in a mystic......more

This is an overview of various medieval Islamic philosophers including Avicenna. It does a reasonably good job as have most of the audiobooks in this series. I think the author didn't explain well why these works were philosophy and not religious works, since the point of all the writing discussed s......more

A nice and short educational audio book on Avicenna and his works, especially on Aristotle’s work on the Metaphysics. The nice thing about these series which cover other philosophers and intellects, is that they are free on Audible. Very much learned some great insights on Avicenna and other Medieva......more

I've read very little Muslim philosophy, but I was fascinated to learn how early Muslim philosophers tried to assimilate Aristotle the same way Christian theologians did. Religions may differ, but the religious impulse is the same.......more