Theology Engages With Avicennan Philosophy: al-Ghazālī’s <i>Tahāfut al-falāsifa</i> and Ibn al-Malāḥimī’s <i>Tuḥfat al-mutakallimīn fī l-radd ʿalā l-falāsifa</i>
This chapter discusses two books of refutation written by two Muslim theologians, the Ashʿarite al-Ghazālī (d. 505/1111) and the Muʿtazilite Ibn al-Malāḥimī (d. 536/1141). Both books aim at refuting teachings of the Muslim falāsifa, here understood as the Aristotelian tradition in Islam, represented...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2014
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The Oxford handbook of Islamic theology
Year: 2014 |
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| Summary: | This chapter discusses two books of refutation written by two Muslim theologians, the Ashʿarite al-Ghazālī (d. 505/1111) and the Muʿtazilite Ibn al-Malāḥimī (d. 536/1141). Both books aim at refuting teachings of the Muslim falāsifa, here understood as the Aristotelian tradition in Islam, represented by al-Farābī (d. 339/950–1) and Ibn Sīnā (d. 428/1037). While Ibn al-Malāḥimī in his Tuḥfat al-mutakallimīn aims at a straightforward rejection of most of the teachings of this group and includes arguments in favour of Muʿtazilite positions, al-Ghazālī’s strategy is more complex. In his Tahāfut al-falāsifa he aims to invalidate the falāsifa’s claim of having demonstrated their teachings in metaphysics. Showing that these teachings are not supported by valid demonstrations allows al-Ghazālī to refute them wherever he thinks they violate revelation and adopt them, on basis of the authority of revelation, wherever he thinks they are true. |
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| ISBN: | 0199696705 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The Oxford handbook of Islamic theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199696703.013.022 |