Ep. 267: Avicenna on God and Soul w/ Peter Adamson (Part One)

The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast

Mark Linsenmayer

Casey, Paskin, Philosophy, Linsenmayer, Society & Culture, Alwan

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🗓️ 12 April 2021

⏱️ 56 minutes

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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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0:00.0	You're about to hear a relatively self-contained discussion of today's reading.
0:04.0	However, if you finish it and want to hear more, just go to partiallyexaminlife.com,
0:08.4	slash support to sign up.
0:17.9	You're listening to the partially examined life, a podcast by some guys who are at one point
0:21.3	said on doing philosophy-free living, but then thought better of it.
0:24.1	Our questions for episode 267 are what can we prove about God and the soul?
0:28.6	And we're reading selections and commentary about these topics from Avis Senna's
0:32.8	three-major synoptic works all from the early 11th century AD, the healing, the salvation,
0:37.6	and remarks and admonitions.
0:39.4	For more information, please visit partiallyexaminlife.com.
0:42.4	This is Mark Linsonmeyer, above completeness in Madison, Wisconsin.
0:46.5	This is Dylan Casey, building my sensory deprivation tank in the basement in Madison, Wisconsin.
0:52.3	And I'm Peter Adamson, who is excited to be on the show,
0:56.6	dialing in from Munich, Germany.
0:59.3	Thank you, Peter. You're the man for this topic.
1:01.7	You were saying this was your favorite in all the history of philosophy. Am I right?
1:05.6	This is your favorite thing?
1:06.8	That's what I usually say.
1:08.2	I'm not sure I actually have a favorite beyond whatever I'm covering from my own podcast.
1:13.1	At the moment is my favorite thing.
1:15.0	That's a great position to be in.
1:16.4	Yeah.
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