Western Islamic philosophy
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Western Islamic philosophy is the tradition of philosophical thought that developed in the Islamic West—primarily al-Andalus and the Maghreb—blending Aristotelian and Neoplatonic ideas with Islamic theology and influencing later Jewish and Christian philosophy.
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Target entity: Western Islamic philosophy Context triple: [Ibn Tufayl, movement, Western Islamic philosophy]
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Islamic philosophy
Islamic philosophy is the tradition of philosophical inquiry within the Islamic world that engages with metaphysics, ethics, theology, and logic, drawing on the Qur’an, Greek philosophy, and diverse intellectual currents such as Sufism, kalam, and falsafa.
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History of Islamic Philosophy
History of Islamic Philosophy is a comprehensive scholarly work by Henry Corbin that surveys the development, schools, and key figures of Islamic philosophical thought from its origins through the modern era.
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Muʿtazilite theology
Muʿtazilite theology is a rationalist school of early Islamic thought that emphasized divine justice, human free will, and the createdness of the Qur’an.
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Western philosophy
Western philosophy is the intellectual tradition that originated in ancient Greece and developed through European thought, encompassing major movements such as rationalism, empiricism, idealism, and existentialism and shaping modern science, politics, ethics, and metaphysics.
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Islamic world
The Islamic world refers to the global community of Muslim-majority societies and cultures shaped historically and religiously by Islam, spanning regions from North Africa and the Middle East to parts of Asia and beyond.
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Western Islamic philosophy Target entity description: Western Islamic philosophy is the tradition of philosophical thought that developed in the Islamic West—primarily al-Andalus and the Maghreb—blending Aristotelian and Neoplatonic ideas with Islamic theology and influencing later Jewish and Christian philosophy.
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A.
Islamic philosophy
Islamic philosophy is the tradition of philosophical inquiry within the Islamic world that engages with metaphysics, ethics, theology, and logic, drawing on the Qur’an, Greek philosophy, and diverse intellectual currents such as Sufism, kalam, and falsafa.
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B.
History of Islamic Philosophy
History of Islamic Philosophy is a comprehensive scholarly work by Henry Corbin that surveys the development, schools, and key figures of Islamic philosophical thought from its origins through the modern era.
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C.
Muʿtazilite theology
Muʿtazilite theology is a rationalist school of early Islamic thought that emphasized divine justice, human free will, and the createdness of the Qur’an.
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D.
Western philosophy
Western philosophy is the intellectual tradition that originated in ancient Greece and developed through European thought, encompassing major movements such as rationalism, empiricism, idealism, and existentialism and shaping modern science, politics, ethics, and metaphysics.
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E.
Islamic world
The Islamic world refers to the global community of Muslim-majority societies and cultures shaped historically and religiously by Islam, spanning regions from North Africa and the Middle East to parts of Asia and beyond.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Islamic philosophy
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philosophical tradition ⓘ |
| buildsOn |
Aristotle
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Ibn Sina NERFINISHED ⓘ Plotinus (via the Theology of Aristotle) NERFINISHED ⓘ al-Farabi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
divine knowledge
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eternity of the world ⓘ ethics ⓘ logic ⓘ metaphysics ⓘ nature of the soul ⓘ political philosophy ⓘ prophecy ⓘ relationship between reason and revelation ⓘ |
| developedInPeriod |
11th century
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12th century ⓘ 13th century ⓘ medieval period ⓘ |
| geographicalFocus |
Iberian Peninsula
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North Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceFrom |
Aristotelian philosophy
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Islamic theology NERFINISHED ⓘ Neoplatonism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMajorFigure |
Ibn Bajja
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Ibn Gabirol NERFINISHED ⓘ Ibn Hazm NERFINISHED ⓘ Ibn Masarra NERFINISHED ⓘ Ibn Rushd NERFINISHED ⓘ Ibn Sabʿin NERFINISHED ⓘ Ibn Tufayl NERFINISHED ⓘ Ibn al-Arabi NERFINISHED ⓘ Maimonides NERFINISHED ⓘ al-Ghazali NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSubtradition |
Andalusian Aristotelianism
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Andalusian Neoplatonism NERFINISHED ⓘ Maghrebi Sufism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
Almohad period
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Islamic rule in al-Andalus ⓘ |
| influenced |
Christian philosophy
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Jewish philosophy ⓘ Latin Averroism NERFINISHED ⓘ Latin scholasticism ⓘ Renaissance philosophy ⓘ Thomas Aquinas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
al-Andalus
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the Maghreb NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Islamic intellectual history NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usesLanguage |
Arabic
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Hebrew ⓘ Latin (in translation) ⓘ |
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Subject: Western Islamic philosophy Description of subject: Western Islamic philosophy is the tradition of philosophical thought that developed in the Islamic West—primarily al-Andalus and the Maghreb—blending Aristotelian and Neoplatonic ideas with Islamic theology and influencing later Jewish and Christian philosophy.
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