Faṣl al-Maqāl

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Faṣl al-Maqāl is a philosophical treatise by Averroes in which he argues for the harmony between Islamic law and rational philosophy.

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instanceOf Islamic philosophical work
philosophical treatise
alternativeName Faṣl al-Maqāl fīmā bayna al-Ḥikma wa-al-Sharīʿa min al-Ittiṣāl
audience Islamic jurists
philosophers
theologians
author Averroes
Averroes
surface form: Ibn Rushd
canonicalStatus major text in Islamic philosophical theology
centralThesis no genuine conflict exists between sound philosophy and authentic revelation
field Islamic philosophy
Islamic theology
philosophy of religion
genre theological-philosophical treatise
historicalPeriod 12th century
influenceOn Christian scholasticism
Jewish philosophy
Latin medieval philosophy
keyConcept classification of people by intellectual capacity
demonstrative, dialectical, and rhetorical methods
obligation of demonstrative reasoning for the learned
mainTopic Aristotelian philosophy in Islam
Islamic jurisprudence
harmony of religion and reason
interpretation of scripture
legitimacy of philosophy in Islam
relationship between Islamic law and philosophy
originalLanguage Arabic
philosophicalTradition Islamic Peripatetic school
surface form: Islamic Aristotelianism

Peripatetic philosophy
placeContext Al-Andalus
surface form: al-Andalus
positionOnLaw argues that Sharia encourages rational inquiry
positionOnOpponents responds to critics of philosophy within Islam
positionOnPhilosophy argues that philosophy is commanded by Islamic law for qualified people
defends study of philosophy as religiously permissible
positionOnReasonAndRevelation advocates harmony between reason and revelation
positionOnScripture distinguishes between apparent and inner meanings of scripture
supports allegorical interpretation for the learned
positionOnTheology criticizes literalism in scriptural interpretation
relatedWorkByAuthor Kitāb al-Kashf ʿan Manāhij al-Adilla
Tahafut al-Tahafut
surface form: Tahāfut al-Tahāfut
religiousContext Islam
studiedIn Islamic studies
history of philosophy
religious studies
translatedTitle The Decisive Treatise
The Decisive Treatise on the Harmony of Religion and Philosophy

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Averroes notableWork Faṣl al-Maqāl