Ibn-Rushd (Averroes). The Incoherence of the Incoherence. Part Five
https://doi.org/10.31162/2618-9569-2022-15-3-695-714
Abstract
This series of publications is a translation of selected sections from the book “The Incoherence of the Incoherence” (Tahafut at-Tahafut), written by the peripatetic philosopher Ibn Rushd (Averroes, d. 1198) in response to the polemical treatise of asharite mutakallim alGhazali (d. 1111) “The Incoherence of the Philosophers” (Tahafut al-Falasifa).
This section deals with the third of the theses attributed to the philosophers and singled out by the opponent as heretical – about the alleged God’s ignorance of particulars. Showing the incorrectness of both the attribution of the thesis to the philosophers and the Ghazalian objections raised against it, the philosopher points out that, from the Falsafa point of view, God’s knowledge of world beings cannot be qualified in terms of “universal” or “particular”.
About the Authors
T. Ibrahim
Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Tawfik Ibrahim - Dr. Sci. (Philosophy), Full Professor, Head Research Fellow at the Center of Arabic and Islamic Studies, IOS, RAS, Deputy Head Chairman of the Higher Examining Body (Theology Section) at the Ministry of Education of the RF.
Minbar, Moscow
N. V. Efremova
Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Natalia V. Efremova - Сand. Sci. (Philosophy), Senior Research Fellow at the Center of Arabic and Islamic Studies, IOS, RAS, Editorial board Member for Minbar.
Minbar, Moscow
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Ibrahim T., Efremova N.V. Ibn-Rushd (Averroes). The Incoherence of the Incoherence. Part Five. Minbar. Islamic Studies. 2022;15(3):695-714. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.31162/2618-9569-2022-15-3-695-714
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