Necessary Existence and Monotheism

Erscheinungsjahr 2022
ISBN: 978-1-108-94005-4
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 75 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 117 g

Reihe: Elements in Religion and Monotheism

Avicenna believes that God must be understood in the first place as the Necessary Existent (wâgib al-wugûd). In his various works, he provides different versions of an ingenious argument for the existence of the Necessary Existent—the so-called Proof of the Sincere (burhân al-siddîqîn)—and argues that all the properties that are usually attributed to God can be extracted merely from God's having necessary existence. Considering the centrality of tawhîd to Islam, the first thing Avicenna tries to extract from God's necessary existence is God's oneness. The aim of the present Element is to provide a detailed discussion of Avicenna's arguments for the existence and unity of God. Through this project, the author hopes to clarify how, for Avicenna, the Islamic concept of monotheism is intertwined with the concept of essential existence.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Zarepour, Mohammad Saleh

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Sonstige Religionen Sonstige Religionen: Theologie, Doktrine
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsphilosophie, Philosophische Theologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Religionsphilosophie, Philosophische Theologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. The Avicennian Conception of Islamic Monotheism; 2. Avicennian Necessary Existent Theology vs. Anselmian Perfect Being Theology; 3. Basic Notions of the Proof of the Sincere; 4. The Existence of a Necessary Existent; 5. The Unity of the Necessary Existent; 6. Conclusion.