ABSTRACT
Abu'l-Barakat criticizes Aristotle's theory of being and presents an alternative conception of the existent. In the Metaphysics, he is ready to combine and compare the interactions of an existent through its existence. The Neoplatonian philosopher Philoponus gives a list of the four principles: matter, form, efficient cause, and final cause. An adjunct, according to Philoponus, differs from a principle and is that which accompanies and is sometimes common to all things. In the Physics, Abu'l-Barakat discussed the notion of time measuring motion and mentions without argument that time exists. Abu'l-Barakat considers the epistemological notions as basic, relevant, and important to the discussion of time. Abu'l-Barakat continues to summarize the opposing opinion, which considers time as a measure of motion and God's existence as transcendental to time. The notion of a united ipseity will allow Abu'l-Barakat to explain the divine attributes as part of His ipseity.
