Philosophical and Philological Debates on Kulliyyāt I.1.ii of Ibn Sīnā’s Qānūn: From Faḫr al-Dīn al-Rāzī to Quṭb al-Dīn al-Šīrāzī

Abstract The debates on Kulliyyāt I .1.ii of Ibn Sīnā’s Qānūn (“on the subjects medicine”) were initiated by Faḫr al-Dīn al-Rāzī and continued Afḍal al-Ḫūnaǧī, Naǧm al-Naḫǧawānī, Yaʿqūb ibn Ġanāʾim al-Sāmirī, Rafīʿ al-Ǧīlī, al-Nafīs, al-Quff al-Masīḥī. In his own commentary, entitled al-Tuḥfa al-saʿdiyya , Quṭb al-Šīrāzī preserved scrutinized predecessors’ commentaries, in order to offer what he believed be more conclusive interpretations Sīnā. Focusing introductory part .1.ii, we show that commentators divided not only philosophical issues, but also very text should attributed