Beings and Their Attributes: The Teaching of the Basrian School of the Mu'tazila in the Classical PeriodPresents a classification and analysis of the metaphysics of the predominant tradition of Mu-tazila--that of Basra--in the period of the highest development (AD 900-1050). This is the first of the major schools of Sunni Muslim theology and their metaphysics, and the first book to deal with the underlying theoretical principles of earlier Islamic theology. |
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Beings and Their Attributes: The Teaching of the Basrian School of the Mu ... Richard M. Frank No preview available - 1978 |
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Abd al-Gabbâr abû Hâšim abû l-Hudhayl abû Rašîd according to abû act of knowing actuality agent akwân al-Ġubbâ'î al-Mubarrad al-Muqtaḍab alà alayhî alibi annahû Arabic aš-Šâmil Aš'arite asserted atom atom's attri attribute or characteristic autonomous action Basrian Mu'tazila Basrian School belong bihî body bute Cairo cause cited composite conception concerning context d-dâti denote derived distinct distinguished effect entailed entitative accident entity Essence essential attribute existence expression falsafa formal God's grammarians ground haqiqa hukm huwa ibid Ibn Mattawayh ilà illa inherence inna Islamic kalâm kâna kawn kawnuhû lahû later literary Arabic living ma'nà motion Mu'tazilite Muḥ nonexistent noun object occupying space ontological particular perceiving perception philologians position predicate present qâdir qualified qudra references Šarḥ sense Sîbawayh şifa şifatin simply speaking specifically statement substrate term thing thing-itself tion verb virtue wâḥid yakûnu Zayd
References to this book
Divine Omniscience and Omnipotence in Medieval Philosophy: Islamic, Jewish ... Tamar Rudavsky No preview available - 1984 |
The Physical Theory of Kalām: Atoms, Space, and Void in Basrian Muʻtazilī ... Alnoor Dhanani No preview available - 1994 |