The Implications and Consequences of the Finitude of the Natural Body in Avicennian Philosophy

The finitude of the natural body has implications and consequences in some of Avicenna’s philosophical issues. The proof of some problems in Avicennian philosophy is subject to proving the limitation of natural body. It should be made clear that the proof of which issues in this philosophy is the result of finitude of the body and what implications it has. In terms of background, only the finitude of the body and its dimensions has been examined in the existing research literature, and the connection between the finiteness of the natural body and other philosophical topics discussed by Avicenna is absent. To answer the question “What are the implications of the finitude of the body in Avicennian philosophy?” we have referred to the works of Avicenna and some of his prominent commentators, and have inferred and explained its physical and metaphysical implications. These considerable and important implications are as follows: non-separation of form from matter, proof of shape for body, rejection of void, proof of muḥaddid al-jihāt (the celestial sphere which determines the directions), rejection of infinite regress and proof of the Necessary