Abstract
The study of soul occupies a justifiably central and
voluminous part of religious sciences as it is essentially related to the
all-important eschatological doctrine of the religion. However, the
study of soul and its nature is not limited to Religion alone. Starting
from the Greeks, it occupies a prominent position in the history of
Philosophy too. Avicenna’s position regarding this problem is of
particular interest for the history of thought. This paper is an effort to
explore Avicenna’s theory of soul. To begin with, Avicenna’s theory of
soul is compared to the views of Plato and Aristotle on the subject.
This is followed by the arguments Avicenna offered to prove the
existence of soul and the way he establishes the link between the soul
and the body. After this, Avicenna’s hierarchy of the souls along with
their respective faculties is described. Towards the end, Avicenna’s
arguments in favor of immortality of the soul and rejection of
Metempsychosis are listed which are of prime interest in the religious
domain. Moreover, this paper highlights how Avicenna’s arguments
regarding soul appear to support and establish the religious conception
of soul on rational grounds
Hafiz Muhammad Hammad Mushtaq. (2019) AVICENNA’S CONCEPT OF SOUL: A CRITICAL EVALUATION, Al-Hikmat: A Journal of Philosophy, Volume 39, Issue 1.
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