TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ormsby,Eric Linn
TI  - Theodicy in Islamic Thought: The Dispute Over Al-Ghazali's Best of All Possible Worlds 
T2  - Princeton Legacy Library
SN  - 9780691612447
AV  - BP166.2 .O76 1984eb
U1  - 297/.211 19
PY  - 2014///]
CY  - Princeton, NJ : 
PB  - Princeton University Press, 
KW  - God (Islam)
KW  - History of doctrines
KW  - Metaphysics
KW  - RELIGION / Islam / General
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - 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; restricted access; Issued also in print
N2  - 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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