Ibn Taymiyya Against the Greek Logicians David Plotkin The analyses demonstrate 'genetic' ways

The analyses demonstrate 'genetic' ways of reading the text which illustrate its immense range and playfulness and how these qualities were generated in composition

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Ibn Taymiyya Against the Greek Logicians David Plotkin The analyses demonstrate 'genetic' waysThe introduction of Greek philosophy into the Muslim world left an indelible mark on Islamic intellectual history. Philosophical discourse became a constant element in even traditionalist Islamic sciences. However, Aristotelian metaphysics gave rise to doctrines about God and the universe that were found highly objectionable by a number of Muslim theologians, among whom the fourteenth century scholar Ibn Taymiyya stood foremost. Ibn Taymiyya, one of