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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Main Author: Griffel, Frank 1965- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Oxford University Press 2014
In: The Oxford handbook of Islamic theology
Year: 2014
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)