On Averroes’ response to al-Ghazali’s critique of philosophy
https://doi.org/10.31162/2618-9569-2020-13-2-378-400
Abstract
The article serves as an introduction to the translation of the book «The Incoherence of the Incoherence» (Tahafut at-Tahafut) by the peripatetic philosopher Ibn Rushd (Averroes, 1126–1198), written in response to the work of the theologian-asharite al-Ghazali (1058–1111) «The Incoherence of the Philosophers» (Tahafut al-Falasifa). The paper highlights the motives of al-Ghazali’s attack on Muslim peripatetism (Falsafa) and its infl uence on the fate of this school in the Muslim world. The research describes the basic understanding of the Falsafa picture of the world that comes as a framework for the discussions unfolding the fi rst of the three main points of al-Ghazali’s criticism, which is the thesis of the world eternity. The connection between Ibn Rushd’s book and his earlier theological and polemical treatises as «On the Correlation between Philosophy and Religion» and «On the Methods of Proof for the Principles of Creed» is shown.
About the Authors
T. Ibrahim
Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Tawfi k Ibrahim, Dr. Sci. (Philosophy), Professor, Head Research Fellow at the Department of Arabic and Islamic Centre
Deputy Head Chairman of the Higher Examining Body (Section Theology) at the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation, Advisor to the periodical Minbar. Islamic Studies
N. V. Efremova
Institute of Philosophy of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Natalia V. Efremova, Сand. Sci. (Philosophy), Senior Research Fellow at the Division of Oriental Philosophies
Editorial board Member for Minbar. Islamic Studies periodical
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Ibrahim T., Efremova N.V. On Averroes’ response to al-Ghazali’s critique of philosophy. Minbar. Islamic Studies. 2020;13(2):378-400. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.31162/2618-9569-2020-13-2-378-400
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