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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1. VerfasserIn: Kaukua, Jari 1975- (VerfasserIn)
Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: Brill 2021
In: Oriens
Jahr: 2021, Band: 49, Heft: 3/4, Seiten: 244-268
weitere Schlagwörter: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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Zusammenfassung: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.
ISSN:1877-8372
Enthält:Enthalten in: Oriens
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/18778372-12340008