Ibn Sina · Theology

How the Many Flow From the One

Ibn Sina’s grand cosmology - the entire universe emanating, by necessity, from the absolute unity of God through a cascade of intellects, and the storm it provoked.

What you'll be able to recall

You learned that Ibn Sina derives the cosmos from God by necessary emanation. Reconstruct how the many comes from the One, and the central objection to it, in your own words.

Leads to al-Ghazali.

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