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.
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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;
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ISBN
9781138150164
Publisert
2016-08-18
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Vendor
Routledge
Vekt
453 gr
Høyde
234 mm
Bredde
156 mm
Aldersnivå
U, G, 05, 01
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Product language
Engelsk
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Antall sider
224
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