WHERE DOES AVICENNA DEMONSTRATE THE EXISTENCE OF GOD?
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عنوان ژورنال: Arabic Sciences and Philosophy
سال: 2016
ISSN: 0957-4239,1474-0524
DOI: 10.1017/s0957423915000132