Al-Ghazali’s Reflections on the Metaphysics of Metaphor in the Mishkāt al-Anwar
Mythological language is sometimes understood as a way of representing, by concrete imagery, more abstract notions. In this paper, we will pose some metaphysical questions about the possibility of such a representation. These questions will serve to motivate a brief tour of Mishkāt al-Anwār (Niche o...
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| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2007
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Sophia
Year: 2007, Volume: 46, Issue: 2, Pages: 163-175 |
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Mishkāt al-Anwar
B Al-Ghazali B Metaphysics B Metaphor |
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