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Avicenna-Descartes Metaphysics, authored by H. Ömer Özden and published by Dergâh Yayınları as part of its “Contemporary Islamic Thought” series, is a study that examines the interactions and comparisons between Islamic and Western philosophy within a metaphysical framework. The book aims to reveal the continuity and mutual influence of philosophical traditions across different civilizations by specifically comparing the metaphysical thought of Avicenna (980–1037) and René Descartes (1596–1650).

Ibn Sīnā’s (980–1037) classification of philosophy and science is a systematic categorization of knowledge based on its purpose and its relationship to human will, dividing it into two main categories: theoretical (nazarī), oriented toward the acquisition of truth, and practical (amelī), oriented toward action. Within the framework of the Peripatetic philosophical tradition, Ibn Sīnā constructed a coherent system of thought addressing the relationships between God, the universe, and humanity. Wh