al-Maṭālib al-ʿĀliya min al-ʿIlm al-Ilāhī
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al-Maṭālib al-ʿĀliya min al-ʿIlm al-Ilāhī is a major multi-volume work of Islamic theology and philosophy by Fakhr al-Din al-Razi that systematically examines metaphysical and doctrinal issues using rigorous rational argumentation.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Islamic theological work
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multi-volume book ⓘ philosophical work ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
defend Sunni creed using rational proofs
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reconcile reason and revelation ⓘ |
| author | Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| circulation | manuscript tradition in the Islamic world ⓘ |
| discusses |
causality
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divine knowledge ⓘ human free will ⓘ necessity and contingency ⓘ proofs for the existence of God ⓘ substance and accident ⓘ |
| examines |
creation and cosmology
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divine attributes ⓘ doctrinal issues in Islam ⓘ eschatology ⓘ human soul ⓘ metaphysical questions ⓘ nature of God ⓘ prophethood ⓘ |
| hasGenre |
philosophical theology
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scholastic theology ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn |
later Muslim theologians
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post-classical Islamic philosophy ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Aristotelian metaphysics
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Avicennian philosophy ⓘ earlier Ashʿarī kalām ⓘ |
| language | Arabic ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Islamic theology
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kalām ⓘ metaphysics ⓘ philosophy of religion ⓘ |
| notableFor |
integration of philosophy and kalām
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rigorous logical analysis ⓘ systematic treatment of metaphysical issues ⓘ |
| partOfTradition |
later Ashʿarī kalām literature
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post-Avicennian Islamic philosophy ⓘ |
| period | classical Islamic era ⓘ |
| relatedWorkByAuthor |
Tafsīr al-Kabīr (Mafātīḥ al-Ghayb)
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al-Maḥṣūl fī ʿIlm al-Uṣūl NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Sunni Islam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| studiedIn | advanced curricula of Islamic theology ⓘ |
| theologicalSchool | Ashʿarī NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| titleTranslation | The Lofty Demands in Divine Science NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usesMethod |
dialectical reasoning
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rational argumentation ⓘ |
| writtenBy | Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī in the 12th–13th century NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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