Proofs for Eternity, Creation and the Existence of God in Medieval Islamic and Jewish Philosophy

Proofs for Eternity, Creation and the Existence of God in Medieval Islamic and Jewish Philosophy
Herbert A Davidson
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7 Oct 2021 UK
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9780861542406
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This exhaustive study of medieval Islamic and Jewish proofs for eternity, creation, and the existence of God classifies the proofs systematically, analyses and explains them, and traces their sources in Greek philosophy. Davidson pursues the penetration of some of these Islamic and Jewish arguments into medieval Christian philosophy and, in a few instances, all the way into seventeenth- and eighteenth-century European philosophy. He attempts to treat every medieval Arabic and Hebrew proof for eternity, creation, and the existence of God which has philosophical character, disregarding only those that rest entirely on religious faith or fall below a minimum level of plausibility. Unique in both its classification of the proofs and its comprehensiveness, this will serve historians of philosophy, historians of ideas, and medievalists.
' This book is a tour de force of real scholarship, methodical analysis, and painstaking classification. . . Davidson' s canvas is vast. All the major Islamic and Judaic philosophers are here and the book is thus assured of a ready sale among students and scholars of both. ' * Philosophy East and West * ' Extraordinarily successful. . . Davidson' s book is an invaluable contribution to the understanding of the history of ideas; it is also a stimulating essay of philosophical analysis. ' * Speculum: A Journal of Medieval Studies * ' A towering achievement. At the height of his powers here, Davidson has gone back to the sources to assemble all the significant medieval Islamic and Jewish proofs for the eternity of the world, for the creation of the world, and for the existence of God. . . It is most welcome to see the medieval Islamic and Jewish philosophers treated so rigorously in their own right, not merely as precursors to Aquinas, or, even worse, as puppets dangling in a history of medieval thought. This book provides as clear an indication as one could hope to have of the health and vitality of Greek wisdom before its (re)discovery in (Christian) Europe. ' * Journal of the American Oriental Society *
Herbert A. Davidson was Professor Emeritus of Hebrew at UCLA. From 1981 to 1987, he was Chair of UCLA' s Near Eastern Languages and Cultures Department. His other books include Moses Maimonides: The Man and His Works and Alfarabi, Avicenna, and Averroes, on Intellect.
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ISBN-13: 9780861542406
Published: 7 Oct 2021
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Oneworld Publications
Publisher: Oneworld Publications
Format: Hardback
Height: 234mm
Width: 153mm
Pages: 448

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