Ibn Sina's 'Burhan Al-Siddiqin'.

Examines varying interpretations of the proof of God given by the Shaykh al-Ra'is particularly Abu Ali Ibn Sina's ontological argument for the existence of God. Significance for Islamic intellectual theory; Transition of the pure idea of God to the affirmation of His existence; Dichotomy of existence in ontological reasoning; Role of the necessity of existence in cosmological reasoning; Concept of the Necessary Existent.