The Human Intellect: Liberation or Limitation?: Some Notes on ʿAql in Classical Islamic Mysticism
The article discusses various attitudes towards the human intellect (ʿaql) in classical Islamic mysticism, as reflected in key mystical writings composed from the third/ninth century to the rise of Ibn al-ʿArabī in the sixth/twelfth. It begins by presenting the basic challenge that the concept of ʿa...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
[2020]
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Journal of Sufi studies
Year: 2019, Volume: 8, Issue: 2, Pages: 198-233 |
| Further subjects: | B
reason and rationality
B Mysticism B Intellect B al-Ghazālī B iʿtibār (contemplation) B Neoplatonism B Sufism B al-Andalus B Ibn al-ʿArabī |
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