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Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1916. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... In opposition to this view, Averroes maintains that existence is identical with essence. The two are indistinguishable even in thought. Anything thought of is thought The second formula used by Avicenna and Algazali states that God is txistence without essence added to it. To illustrate: jnro /j$n) naou rnne 2 mN'vd runwin r6yn nrvn ph.(n"d jmbtt r6an,i:n) mno 'i3 oiea Nxoj Nin pt?Nnne tnoN incaa.('n nW,D'aiDian The question may now be raised whether these two different formulas are advisedly used, implying two distinct theories, or not. For several reasons it would seem that the two formulas do not imply two different theories. First, as far as we know, there is no record of any controversy between Maimonides and Avicenna and Algazali as to whether in God essence and existence are identical or He is existence without essence. Maimonides is generally believed to follow Avicenna and Algazali on that point, even though they use different formulas. Second, from the following quotations it may be conclusively deduced that the two formulas are used indiscriminately. Nin ninoni nww 'b$ /lino »b nwso Nint? 13 non '"em.(t3 /a,Nn nnion by vrvt p?&T) 13 im Nint? imno sin Ns?n mnven wilts svw nto aino mm 'a mno a mtwra px n" Eiton neat? icai,»du mne a Jtin'xo.(n'j 'a,0c "jn) $n! Dn But the following passage from Isaac Albalag's commentary on Algazali's Intentions of the Philosophers, would on the other hand indicate quite clearly that Albalag had taken the latter's formula that God is existence without essence quite literally. jyra ncn nn jrwo obi rtiwxo roieNnn rfryrrtv ndn ish ib 3«m awn by spu nan Wnb ninon ruitwnn nb»yb bbv yvt,(n"d jwrba jvra jbzba) mpo Nint? niN'xcn Again, from the following passage in Averroes' Destruction of the Destruction, Dis...
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Harry Austryn Wolfson was Nathan Littauer Professor of Hebrew Literature and Philosophy, Emeritus, Harvard University.
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- PublisherGeneral Books LLC
- Publication date2012
- ISBN 10 021779324X
- ISBN 13 9780217793247
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages30
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