"بررسي حدوث و قدم جهان از منظر دو فيلسوف الهي" ابن سينا و توماس آكوئيني

An Investigation into Avicennaʹs and Aquinasʹs Viewpoints on Coming-into-Being and Eternity

Ibn sina and Thomas Aquinas, two prominent figures in Muslim and Christian worlds, are among the most influential philosophers in medieval ages. Having got to know the peripatetic philosophy on the basis of Ibn Rushdʹs and Ibn Sinaʹs Commentary, of the Aristotelian philosophy, Thomas proceeded to establish a Christian philosophical system. In spite of taking much advantage of Ibn Sina, Thomas disagreed with some of Ibn Sinaʹs philosophical opinions and attempted to criticize them, due to al-Gazaliʹs criticisms on philosophy. One case of the disagreement is the question of coming-into-being and eternity of the world. The present paper is going to evaluate Ibn Sinaʹs and Aquinasʹs views and to make it clear that Aquinasʹs objections are deficient, and that his responses fail to be convincing.