The Relation between Reason and Revelation According to Averroes and Thomas Aquinas
by Ortwin Gebauer
Paperback (Published)
(August 2019)
ISBN: 9783830679677
5.83 x 8.27 inches
Price: $25.00
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The harmonisation of reason and faith was for Averroes the main scientific challenge whereby Aristotle served him as a key philosophical point of reference. Whilst Averreos followed Aristotle to a large extent, Thomas Aquinas attempts to make use of Aristotle’s work in a different manner for his own philosophical-theological model whilst still referring to Averroes. For the two philosophers reason and revelation attain a singular synthesis which is, however, not completely tension-free. In this study Averroes is praised as a congenial thinker of scholarly topics. Thomas’ handling of islamic-arabic philosophy proves to be an example worthy of attention of intercultural philosophical discourse which can serve contemporary Western-world philosophy projects as a valuable point of reference. Published in occasion of the Religions for Peace Conference at Lindau, August 19-23, 2019.
- By (author) Ortwin Gebauer
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