Pub Date: June 30, 2012
Dewey: 892.7
Lexile Code: 0000
Target Age Group: NA to NA
Physical Info: 0.40" H x 8.20" L x 5.30" W ( 0.40 lbs) 140 pages
BISAC Categories:
History | Middle East | General | Literary Criticism | Middle Eastern | Religion | Islam | Koran and Sacred Writings | Rituals and Practice
Series: Gibb Memorial Trust
Description: In this treatise Ibn Rushd (Averroes) sets out to show that the Scriptural Law (shar') of Islam does not altogether prohibit the study of philosophy by Muslims, but, on the contrary, makes it a duty for a certain class of people, those with the capacity for demonstrative or scientific reasoning.