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Apr 2021
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Ep. 267: Avicenna on God and Soul w/ Pet...

Mark Linsenmayer, Wes Alwan, Seth Paskin, Dylan Casey
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On selections and commentary about Avicenna's argument from around 1020 C.E. for the existence of God as a necessary being, plus arguments to prove that God has the person-like properties that Islam imputes to him, and his "flying man" argument for the soul's essential independence from matter. Featuring Mark, Dylan, and our guest Peter Adamson from the History of Philosophy podcast.

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