The Question of Providence and the Problem of Evil in Suhrawardī
Abstract Šihāb al-Dīn al-Suhrawardī’s philosophical works seem to contain two conflicting views on providence: in the Talwīḥāt and the Mašāriʿ, he endorses the Avicennian view, only to deny providence altogether in the Ḥikmat al-išrāq. This contribution aims to explain the seeming inconsistency by i...
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Type de support: | Électronique Article |
Langue: | Anglais |
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Brill
2021
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Oriens
Année: 2021, Volume: 49, Numéro: 3/4, Pages: 244-268 |
Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Providence
B Šihāb al-Dīn al-Suhrawardī B problem of evil B Abū l-Barakāt al-Baġdādī B God’s knowledge of particulars |
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Résumé: | Abstract Šihāb al-Dīn al-Suhrawardī’s philosophical works seem to contain two conflicting views on providence: in the Talwīḥāt and the Mašāriʿ, he endorses the Avicennian view, only to deny providence altogether in the Ḥikmat al-išrāq. This contribution aims to explain the seeming inconsistency by investigating it in light of the underlying question of God’s knowledge of particular things. I will also argue that despite his qualms concerning providence, Suhrawardī accepts the closely related Avicennian answer to the problem of evil. |
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ISSN: | 1877-8372 |
Contient: | Enthalten in: Oriens
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/18778372-12340008 |