Ibn Sina · Theology
Ibn Sina’s deceptively simple distinction - between <em>what</em> a thing is and <em>that</em> it is - which reshaped a thousand years of metaphysics.
You learned that Ibn Sina distinguishes essence from existence. Explain the distinction, why he says existence is ‘accidental’ to essence, and what follows for God, in your own words.
Leads to Martin Heidegger.
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