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Freethinkers of medieval Islam : Ibn al-Rāwandī, Abū Bakr al-Rāzī, and their impact on Islamic thought / by Sarah Stroumsa.
Van Pelt Library B753.R384 S77 1999
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Stroumsa, Sarah.
- Series:
- Islamic philosophy, theology, and science 0169-8729 ; v. 35.
- Islamic philosophy, theology, and science, 0169-8729 ; v. 35
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Rāzī, Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Zakarīyā, 865?-925?.
- Rāzī, Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Zakarīyā.
- Rāwandī, Aḥmad ibn Yaḥyá, active 9th century.
- Rāwandī, Aḥmad ibn Yaḥyá.
- Islamic philosophy.
- Philosophy, Medieval.
- Free thought.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 261 pages ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 1999.
- Summary:
- This book studies the phenomenon of freethinking in medieval Islam, as exemplified in the figures of Ibn al-R?wand? and Ab? Bakr al-R?z?. It reconstructs their thought and analyzes the relations of the phenomenon to Islamic prophetology and its repercussions in Islamic thought.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [242]-250) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 9004113746
- OCLC:
- 40925858
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