Two Competing Approaches in the Mu‘tazilite View of the Human Being: The Traditions of Abū al-Hudhayl and al-Naẓẓām

The aim of this article is to illustrate the two human conceptions introduced in the Basran School of Muʿtazila with their reflections on the fields like theoretical physics, epistemology, and ethics. In the Muʿtazilite school that started off with al-Naẓẓām, continued with al-Jāḥiẓ and was grounded...

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Main Author: Yunus Cengiz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Scientific Studies Association (ILEM) 2018-05-01
Series:Nazariyat: Journal for the History of Islamic Philosophy and Sciences
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Online Access:https://nazariyat.org/content/5-sayilar/8-cilt-4-sayi-2/2-m0056/m_cengiz.pdf