Averroes and His Philosophy

1. Auflage 1997
ISBN: 978-0-7007-0675-4
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 220 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 348 g

Despite his important stature in the history of philosophy, Averroes is a thinker whose work has been left largely unexplored in this century. It is the aim of this book to rectify this omission, and to argue that his philosophical output is of considerable philosophical as well as historical significance.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Leaman, Oliver

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Metaphysik, Ontologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam & Islamische Studien
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Nicht-Westliche Philosophie Indische & Asiatische Philosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: The Cultural Context; Part I Metaphysics; Chapter 1 The Incoherence of the Incoherence; Chapter 2 What Can God Do?; Chapter 3 The Soul and Essence; Part II Practical Philosophy; Chapter 4 Divine Law and Human Wishes; Chapter 5 Philosophy and shar?‘a; Part III Reason, Religion, and Language; Chapter 6 Averroism; Chapter 7 Averroes’ Philosophical Methodology;

Über Autor(innen)

Oliver Leaman