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Arabic to English translations [PRO] Art/Literary - Philosophy / Philosophy | |||||||
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4 +1 | incoherence, inconsistency, self-contradiction, auto-destruction, etc. |
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5 | misconceptions of the philosophers or the inconsistency of the philosophers |
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incoherence, inconsistency, self-contradiction, auto-destruction, etc. Explanation: In my studies at UST, I have come upon quite a number of renditions of the titles of these two great works of Abu Hamid Al-Ghazali and Abu Al-Waleed Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Rushd. Al-Ghazali's celebrated work was an attempt to demonstrate the failure of such philosophers as Ibn Sina to attain any certitude by means of their dialectical methods. Their work was self-conradictory, Al-Ghazali sought to show. S.A. Kamali (Lahore, Pakistan, 1958) translated Al-Ghazali's work as Incoherence of the Philosophers, while Henri Corbin (essay on Al-Ghazali in The Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Volume 3, 1967) translated the same title as "Autodestruction of the Philosophers." Ibn Rushd's work was an attempt to show that Al-Ghazali's own work was itself self-contradictory, because if the dialectical methods of the philosophers were inconsistent, then Al-Ghazali's work would be likewise flawed, since it used the same method. Simon van den Bergh (London, 1954) translated Ibn Rushd's work as Incoherence of the Incoherence. Fuad |
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misconceptions of the philosophers or the inconsistency of the philosophers Explanation: Tahaafot Alfalasifaa: misconceptions of the philosophers or the inconsistency of the philosophers Tahaafot Altahaafot: Misconceptions in the attack against (philosophers’) misconceptions Al-Ghazali’s book encouraged a host of other (minor) thinkers to adopt the same stand and attack philosophy on the basis that it contradicts Islamic teaching. This phenomenon is referred to as tahafut al tahafut The word “tahafut” means downfall or error in judgement. Tahafut Al Falasifaa is actually the title of the book written by the Islamic philosopher and mystic Al-Ghazali (1058-1111), usually translated as The Inconsistency – or the incoherence – of philosophers. In this book he defends Islam against speculative philosophy, represented by Avicenna, and tries to demonstrate the errors or misconceptions of such philosophy. Al-Ghazali’s book encouraged a host of other thinkers to adopt the same stand and attack philosophy on the basis that it contradicts Islamic teaching. This phenomenon is referred to as tahafut al tahafut |
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