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Theodicy in Islamic Thought : The Dispute Over Al-Ghazali's Best of All Possible Worlds / Eric Linn Ormsby.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Princeton Legacy Library ; 759Publisher: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2014]Copyright date: ©1984Edition: Course BookDescription: 1 online resource (328 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780691612447
  • 9781400856336
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 297/.211 19
LOC classification:
  • BP166.2 .O76 1984eb
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Principal Abbreviations -- Introduction -- ONE. The Perfect Rightness of the Actual -- TWO. The Disputants and Their Works -- THREE. Divine Power and Possibility -- FOUR. Creation as "Natural Necessity" -- FIVE. The Problem of the Optimum -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Types of Possibility -- Bibliography -- Index -- Backmatter
Summary: The first detailed study of Islamic theodicy, the book points out distinctively Islamic formulations and solutions of the problem of the best of all possible worlds" and shows where they coincide with Western versions, such as that of Leibniz.Originally published in 1984.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9781400856336

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Principal Abbreviations -- Introduction -- ONE. The Perfect Rightness of the Actual -- TWO. The Disputants and Their Works -- THREE. Divine Power and Possibility -- FOUR. Creation as "Natural Necessity" -- FIVE. The Problem of the Optimum -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Types of Possibility -- Bibliography -- Index -- Backmatter

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The first detailed study of Islamic theodicy, the book points out distinctively Islamic formulations and solutions of the problem of the best of all possible worlds" and shows where they coincide with Western versions, such as that of Leibniz.Originally published in 1984.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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