As well stated by Herbert Davidson in the Introduction to his famous book Proof for Eternity, Creation and the Existence of God in Medieval Islamic and Jewish Philosophy: “The issue of eternity and creation provided an arena for determining the relationship of God to the universe, for determining, specifically, whether God is a necessary or a voluntary cause”,1 whether volition is a further attribute for deity in addition to the uncaused cause, the incorporeal and the One. This paper addresses ʿAbd al-Laṭīf al-Baġdādī's position in this arena: his sources and arguments in the Book on the Science of Metaphysics (Kitāb fī ‘Ilm Mā ba‘d al-ṭabī‘a).
God's Will and the Origin of the World. ‘Abd al-Latif al-Baghdadi's Sources and Arguments
MARTINI, CECILIA
2017
Abstract
As well stated by Herbert Davidson in the Introduction to his famous book Proof for Eternity, Creation and the Existence of God in Medieval Islamic and Jewish Philosophy: “The issue of eternity and creation provided an arena for determining the relationship of God to the universe, for determining, specifically, whether God is a necessary or a voluntary cause”,1 whether volition is a further attribute for deity in addition to the uncaused cause, the incorporeal and the One. This paper addresses ʿAbd al-Laṭīf al-Baġdādī's position in this arena: his sources and arguments in the Book on the Science of Metaphysics (Kitāb fī ‘Ilm Mā ba‘d al-ṭabī‘a).Pubblicazioni consigliate
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