History of Philosophy Workshop: Hanif Amin Beidokhti, "Suhrawardī’s Reduction of the Aristotelian Categories: Evidence for a Reception Case of Enneads VI.1 and VI.2 in Mediaeval Arabic Philosophy?"

Please join us for this semester's final history of philosophy workshop, featuring the work of our visiting grant recipient Hanif Amin Beidokhti (LMU Munich)! The title of his talk is "Suhrawardī’s Reduction of the Aristotelian Categories: Evidence for a Reception Case of Enneads VI.1 and VI.2 in Mediaeval Arabic Philosophy?" (see abstract below).

Please note that this workshop is at a different time and place than usual: we will be meeting at 2 pm in Malloy Hall 220. 

Light refreshments will be provided--please RSVP at this link by Wednesday, May 3.

We hope you can join us as we conclude a fantastic semester of events at the History of Philosophy Forum!

Abstract: In this essay, I will discuss two strikingly similar positions with respect to the Aristotelian doctrine of the categories, which might be suggestive of a case of Plotinus’ reception in 12th century Islamic world. My essay suggests that the mediaeval Muslim philosopher Šihāb al-Dīn Suhrawardī’s (d. 1154) criticism of the Aristotelian categories shows similarities in structure, argumentation as well as in scope and interpretation with the Plotinian discussion of the categories of the sensible world at Enneads VI.1 and VI.2. In what follows, after a brief discussion of the historical context of the two critiques, I will highlight some of their similarities as well as their differences, which are considerable in their own right. 

Originally published at historyofphilosophy.nd.edu. Please check their site for the most up-to-date information on these events.