
HoP 140 - By All Means Necessary - Avicenna on God
History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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The Best Kind of Knowledge Is Universal and Necessary
Averuisenna adheres to the long established principle that the best kind of knowledge is universal and necessary in nature. Next time, we'll be looking at what is, along with the proof of the necessary existent, his most famous argument. It asks us to imagine someone being created by God in mid-air without any access to the sensory world around him. Such a person would know about himself - but how could he change?
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