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The Question of Providence and the Problem of Evil in Suhrawardī
Jari Kaukuasubject
Cultural StudiesPhilosophyproblem of evilProblem of evilteodikeaReligious studiesprovidenceislamŠihāb al-Dīn al-SuhrawardīAbū l-Barakāt al-BaġdādīPhilosophykaitselmusarabialainen filosofiateologiaGod’s knowledge of particularsTheologypahuusdescription
Abstract Šihāb al-Dīn al-Suhrawardī’s philosophical works seem to contain two conflicting views on providence: in the Talwīḥāt and the Mašāriʿ, he endorses the Avicennian view, only to deny providence altogether in the Ḥikmat al-išrāq. This contribution aims to explain the seeming inconsistency by investigating it in light of the underlying question of God’s knowledge of particular things. I will also argue that despite his qualms concerning providence, Suhrawardī accepts the closely related Avicennian answer to the problem of evil.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
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| 2021-11-18 |