AVICENNA ON UNIVERSALS A FRAGMENT FROM HIS LOST AL-MUJAZ

Avicen naʹs theory of universals is important in many ways. Inthe Introduction to the Logic of the Shirer Avicenna divides universals into logical, mental, and natural universals. His accountof natural universals raises quest ions concerning the meaning ofthe word nature and the universa lʹs mode of existence.Thanks to the discovery of a fragment from his lost al-Miijaz ina manuscript from the library of Leiden University in TheNetherlands, these questions can now be answered