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Ibn Kammūna, ʿIzz al-Dawla

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Ibn Kammūna (d. 1284 c.) was a polymath of Jewish origin, whose main works are devoted to philosophy and comparative religion. A commentator of Avicenna and Suhrawardī, he also compiled the doctrines of Naṣīr al-Dīn al-Ṭūsī, with whom he had a scientific and philosophical correspondence.

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  1. Dipartimento di Filosofia, Università di Padova, Padova, Italy

    Cecilia Martini Bonadeo

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Bonadeo, C.M. (2011). Ibn Kammūna, ʿIzz al-Dawla. In: Lagerlund, H. (eds) Encyclopedia of Medieval Philosophy. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-9729-4_224

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