Open AccessOn Love (trans., comm. by T. K. Ibrahim, V. N. Efremova)
Author(s) -
Abu Ali Ibn-Sina
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
minbar. islamic studies/minbar. islamskie issledovaniâ
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2712-7990
pISSN - 2618-9569
DOI - 10.31162/2618-9569-2018-11-2-296-321
Subject(s) - creatures , theosophy , philosophy , islam , epiphany , religious studies , theology , literature , art , history , medicine , alternative medicine , archaeology , pathology , natural (archaeology)
The treatise “On Love” is written by the greatest philosopher of the Islamic world Ibn-Sina (Avicenna, 980–1037). It develops a conception of love as one of God’s attributes as well as the driving motive of cosmogenesis and the principle, which unites the Creator and the creatures. Along with the teaching on epiphany ( tajalli ) this conception will become fundamental for Islamic theosophy and especially that of the Sufis.