
HoP 142 - Dimitri Gutas on Avicenna
History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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The Evolution of Philosophy
In his autobiography Babisana says he hasn't learned anything new since the age of 18. He has not added to his knowledge since then, but that's a bit different than what he actually said. What we do see is that he kept fine tuning a number of his ideas and one that I found very interesting is that in his epistemology, theory of knowledge which was one of the main areas in which he worked. So this is an area where he certainly developed his statement and one by the way I should say I believe was really if not taken up by John Locke, repeated by John Locke a few centuries later.
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