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The Problem of Evil : Ibn Sina's Theodicy.

Material type: TextTextSeries: Gorgias Islamic StudiesPublisher: Piscataway, NJ : Gorgias Press, [2017]Copyright date: ©2017Description: 1 online resource (201 p.)Content type:
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  • 9781463206543
  • 9781463237318
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  • online - DeGruyter
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  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Chapter One. The Problem of Evil: Formulation and Historical Solutions -- Chapter Two. Analysis of the Theories of Evil of Ibn Sînâ's Predecessors -- Chapter Three. Ibn Sînâ's Analysis of Metaphysical Evil -- Chapter Four. Ibn Sînâ's Notion of Moral Evil -- Chapter Five. Ibn Sînâ's Solution for the Problem of Evil and the Problem of Destiny -- Chapter Six. Summary and Conclusions -- Abbreviations -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary: Who of us has not wondered why a God with absolute attributes causes or allows evil in the world? This most puzzling issue, known as the problem of evil, received significant attention from Ibn Sina. In the present work, Dr. Inati argues that Ibn Sina provides seven theses to justify God's causing or allowing the presence of evil, and that only the thesis which relies on God's omnipotence as defined by Ibn Sina eliminates the problem of evil in his philosophy. The book is an original piece of work and the first comprehensive study of Ibn Sina's Theodicy, which helped shape later Islamic and Christian treatments of the subject and left significant marks on the thought of major medieval philosophers, including Ibn Rushd, Aquinas and Suarez.
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Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Chapter One. The Problem of Evil: Formulation and Historical Solutions -- Chapter Two. Analysis of the Theories of Evil of Ibn Sînâ's Predecessors -- Chapter Three. Ibn Sînâ's Analysis of Metaphysical Evil -- Chapter Four. Ibn Sînâ's Notion of Moral Evil -- Chapter Five. Ibn Sînâ's Solution for the Problem of Evil and the Problem of Destiny -- Chapter Six. Summary and Conclusions -- Abbreviations -- Bibliography -- Index

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Who of us has not wondered why a God with absolute attributes causes or allows evil in the world? This most puzzling issue, known as the problem of evil, received significant attention from Ibn Sina. In the present work, Dr. Inati argues that Ibn Sina provides seven theses to justify God's causing or allowing the presence of evil, and that only the thesis which relies on God's omnipotence as defined by Ibn Sina eliminates the problem of evil in his philosophy. The book is an original piece of work and the first comprehensive study of Ibn Sina's Theodicy, which helped shape later Islamic and Christian treatments of the subject and left significant marks on the thought of major medieval philosophers, including Ibn Rushd, Aquinas and Suarez.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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