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Al-Ghazali, Averroës and the interpretation of the Qur'an : common sense and philosophy in Islam / Avital Wohlman ; translated by David Burrell.

By: Wohlman, Avital
Contributor(s): Burrell, David B
Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: French Series: Culture and civilisation in the Middle East: Publisher: London ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2010Description: xiii, 130 p. ; 23 cmISBN: 9780415557207 (hbk.); 0415557208 (hbk.); 9780203865118 (ebk.); 0203865111 (ebk.)Uniform titles: Contrepoint entre le sens commun et la philosophie en Islam. English Subject(s): Ghazzālī, 1058-1111 | Averroës, 1126-1198 | Qurʼan -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. -- History | Islamic philosophyDDC classification: 181.07 LOC classification: B753.G34 | W5413 2010
Contents:
Journeys of Ghazali and Averroës to their diverse conceptions of the role of reason -- From the chimera of philosophy to the evidence of "the just balance" -- The decisive criterion of the distinction between Islam and hypocrisy (zandaqa) -- Averroës, philospher-reader of the precious book -- Reorganization of the world according to Aristotle in the light of Qurʼanic revelation by Averroës -- Ghazali and Averroës in Muslim society.
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First published in French in 2008 as "Contrepoint entre le sens commun et la philosophie en Islam Ghazali et Averroes" by Editions du Cerf, Paris.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [109]-126) and index.

Journeys of Ghazali and Averroës to their diverse conceptions of the role of reason -- From the chimera of philosophy to the evidence of "the just balance" -- The decisive criterion of the distinction between Islam and hypocrisy (zandaqa) -- Averroës, philospher-reader of the precious book -- Reorganization of the world according to Aristotle in the light of Qurʼanic revelation by Averroës -- Ghazali and Averroës in Muslim society.

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