This man argued that because no science can prove the existence of its own subject, God cannotbe the subject of metaphysics.
This man argued that because no science can prove the existence of its own subject, God cannotbe the subject of metaphysics. He's not Descartes, but he posited a scenario of a man created at asingle moment falling through the air who is unable to sense anything but is still aware of hisexistence in order to prove the soul has an incorporeal substance. This man who is not Aristotleargued in his work (*) Metaphysics or Of Divine Things that God is the only thing for which essence andexistence are the same. He claimed to have read Aristotle's Metaphysics forty times withoutcomprehending it, only reaching any understanding after reading a commentary by al-Farabi. This manand his followers were attacked by al-Ghazali in The Incoherence of the Philosophers. For 10 points,name this Muslim philosopher and author of The Book of Healing.
This man argued that because no science can prove the existence of its own subject, God cannotbe the subject of metaphysics.
Avicenna [or Ibn Sina]