Divine similarity and incomparability in the context of the debate on the primacy of existence versus quiddity in later Islamic philosophy
Keywords:
God, transcendence, incomparability, immanence, similitude, existence, quiddity, primacy of existence, primacy of quiddity, Sufism, later Islamic philosophy, Suhrawardī, Ibn ʿArabī, Ibn Taymiyya, Mullā Ṣadrā, Sabzawārī
Abstract
Even though Islam is generally considered to be a Monotheist religion in which God is presented as absolutely transcendent, there are Islamic schools of thought, generally linked to Sufism, that hold God’s immanence along His absolute transcendence. In this paper, the discussion on God’s immanence along His transcendence is linked to the debate on the primacy of existence vs. quiddity in later Islamic philosophy.Downloads
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2014-01-17
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Bellver J. (2014). Divine similarity and incomparability in the context of the debate on the primacy of existence versus quiddity in later Islamic philosophy. Anales del Seminario de Historia de la Filosofía, 30(2), 357-382. https://doi.org/10.5209/rev_ASHF.2013.v30.n2.44052
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