abstract:The present study investigates the atomism of Muḥammad ibn 'Abd al-Karīm al-Shahrastānī (c. 1075–1153). After a survey of traditional Islamic atomism and Avicenna's devastating critique of it, I argue that Shahrastānī developed a new form of atomism in light of Avicenna's critique. Briefly, unlike earlier forms of atomism, which viewed atoms as actualized and discrete entities within the body, Shahrastānī's atoms have possible existence within the body, which is actualized only when separated from the whole. What makes this position particularly interesting is how Shahrastānī exploits and incorporates elements of Avicenna's own theories of the continua and natural minima into a new theory of the atom.

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原子论的延续：Shahrastānī 关于原子和连续性

摘要：本研究调查了 Muḥammad ibn 'Abd al-Karīm al-Shahrastānī (c. 1075–1153) 的原子论。在对传统的伊斯兰原子论和阿维森纳对它的毁灭性批判进行调查之后，我认为沙赫拉斯塔尼根据阿维森纳的批判发展了一种新的原子论形式。简而言之，与早期​​的原子论形式不同，原子论将原子视为身体内已实现的和离散的实体，Shahrastānī 的原子可能存在于身体内，只有在与整体分离时才能实现。使这一立场特别有趣的是，Shahrastānī 如何利用阿维森纳自己的连续体和自然最小值理论的元素并将其纳入新的原子理论。