The Incoherence of the Philosophers,9780842524667

The Incoherence of the Philosophers

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Edition: Revised
ISBN13: 9780842524667
ISBN10: 0842524665
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2000-06-01
Publisher(s): Univ of Chicago Pr
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Summary

Although Abu Hamid Muhammad al-Ghazali lived a relatively short life (1058-1111), he established himself as one of the most important thinkers in the history of Islam. The Incoherence of the Philosophers, written after more than a decade of travel and ascetic contemplation, contends that while such Muslim philosophers as Avicenna boasted of unassailable arguments on matters of theology and metaphysics, they could not deliver on their claims; moreover, many of their assertions represented disguised heresy and unbelief. Despite its attempted refutation by the twelfth-century philosopher Ibn Rushd, al-Ghazali's work remains widely read and influential.

Table of Contents

Foreword xi
Acknowledgments xiii
Translator's Introduction---English xv
Translator's Introduction---Arabic xxix
Author's Introduction: [The religious preface] 1(3)
[A first] introduction
4(1)
[A second] introduction
5(2)
[A third] introduction
7(1)
[A fourth] introduction
8(2)
[Author's table of contents]
10(2)
[Part One]
On refuting their doctrine of the world's past eternity
12(35)
The [philosophers'] first [proof]
13(17)
[The philosophers'] second proof...
30(9)
[The philosophers'] third proof...
39(1)
[The philosophers'] fourth proof
40(7)
On refuting their statement on the post-eternity of the world, time, and motion
47(8)
On showing their obfuscation in saying that God is the world's enactor and maker..
55(23)
Regarding the first [aspect]
56(4)
The second aspect
60(4)
The third aspect
64(14)
On showing their inability to prove the existence of the Maker of the world
78(6)
On showing their inability to prove that God is one...
84(12)
[On the divine attributes]
96(14)
On refuting their statement that the existence of the First cannot share with another in terms of genus...
110(6)
On refuting their statement that the existence of the First is simple...
116(3)
On showing their inability to sustain a proof that the First is not a body
119(4)
On their inability to show that the world has a maker and a cause
123(2)
On showing the impotence of those among them who perceive that the First knows other[s] and knows the genera and species in a universal way
125(6)
On showing their inability to prove that He also knows Himself
131(3)
On refuting their statement that God...does not know the particulars divisible in terms of temporal division into what is, what was, and what will be
134(10)
On their inability to set a proof [to show] that heaven is an animal that obeys God...through its circular motion
144(5)
On refuting what they mentioned concerning the purpose that moves heaven
149(4)
On refuting their statement that the souls of the heavens know all the particulars that occur in this world...
153(13)
[Part Two: The Natural Sciences]
[Introduction]
161(5)
[On causality and miracles]
166(12)
On their inability to sustain a rational demonstration [proving] that the human soul is a self-subsistent spiritual substance...
178(23)
The first [proof]
182(3)
A second proof
185(2)
A third proof
187(1)
A fourth proof
188(1)
A fifth proof
189(2)
A sixth proof
191(2)
A seventh proof
193(1)
An eighth proof
194(2)
A ninth proof
196(2)
A tenth proof
198(3)
On refuting their statement that it is impossible for human souls to undergo annihilation...
201(7)
On refuting their denial of bodily resurrection...
208(21)
The Book's Conclusion
226(3)
Notes to the English Text 229(16)
Notes to the Arabic Text 245(4)
Index 249

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