Struggling with the Philosopher: a Refutation of Avicenna's Metaphysics A New Arabic Edition and English Translation of Muhammad B. 'abd Al-Karim B. Ahmad Al-Shahrastani's Kitab Al-Musara'a

Wilfred Madelung and Toby Mayer (Ed. and Trans. )

ISBN 10: 186064693X / ISBN 13: 9781860646935

Verlag: I. B. Tauris Publishers, London, New York, 2001

Beschreibung

Vi + 250 pp. English and Arabic text. Index and bibliography at end of English text. Yellow DJ in good condition, very faintly rubbed along edges. Black cloth boards. Book is in excellent condition, very clean with no marks or wear. ; The Institute of Ismaili Studies: Ismaili Texts and Translations Series, 2; 8.82 X 5.56 X 1.11 inches; 256 pages.

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Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Struggling with the Philosopher: a Refutation of Avicenna's Metaphysics A New Arabic Edition and English Translation of Muhammad B. 'abd Al-Karim B. Ahmad Al-Shahrastani's Kitab Al-Musara'a
• Verlag: I. B. Tauris Publishers, London, New York
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2001
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 186064693X
• ISBN-13: 9781860646935
• Einband: Hardcover
• Zustand: Very Good
• Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good
• Verkäuferkataloge:
  • Medieval Studies
  • Language-Arabic
  • Philosophy,Social Sciences
  • Religion - Islam

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Inhaltsangabe

Muhammad b. Abd al-Karim al-Shahrastani was one of the most learned and enigmatic scholars of medieval Islam. In his work, 'Kitab al-Musara'a' ('Struggling with the Philosopher'), which is published here in English translation (together with its original Arabic text) for the first time, al-Shahrastani gives a detailed critique of the metaphysics of the great Persian philosopher Avicenna. The greater part of his 'intellectual wrestling match' ('musara'a') is devoted to refuting Avicenna's interpretation of the 'Necessary Being' which, he argues, compromises the absolute transcendence of God. For al-Shahrastani, God is beyond human comprehension and above all opposites such as existence and non-existence, unity and multiplicity, good and evil, or truth and falsehood. This work is a strong indication of the rich diversity and eclecticism that characterised intellectual discourse in medieval Islam. 'Struggling with the Philosopher' is an important document of Islamic intellectual history. As such, it is essential reading and a reference text for students of Islamic studies and scholars interested in the medieval Islamic world.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Wilferd Madelung was for 20 years the Laudian Professor of Arabic at Oxford and is at present affiliated with The Institute of Ismaili Studies as Senior Research Fellow. Toby Mayer is a researcher in Islamic Philosophy at Oxford and is currently a Research Associate at the Institute of Ismaili Studies, London.