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The first detailed study of Islamic theodicy, the book points out distinctively Islamic formulations and solutions of the problem of the best of all possible worlds" and shows where they coincide with Western versions, such as that of Leibniz. Originally published in 1984. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to



Table of Contents
*FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. iii*Preface, pg. vii*Principal Abbreviations, pg. xi*Introduction, pg. 1*ONE. The Perfect Rightness of the Actual, pg. 32*TWO. The Disputants and Their Works, pg. 92*THREE. Divine Power and Possibility, pg. 135*FOUR. Creation as "Natural Necessity", pg. 182*FIVE. The Problem of the Optimum, pg. 217*Conclusion, pg. 259*Appendix: Types of Possibility, pg. 266*Bibliography, pg. 271*Index, pg. 297

Theodicy in Islamic Thought

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      Publisher Princeton University Press
      Published 14 July 2014
      ISBN-13 9780691612447
      978-0691612447
      ISBN-10 0691612447

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      The first detailed study of Islamic theodicy, the book points out distinctively Islamic formulations and solutions of the problem of the best of all possible worlds" and shows where they coincide with Western versions, such as that of Leibniz. Originally published in 1984. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to



      Table of Contents
      *FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. iii*Preface, pg. vii*Principal Abbreviations, pg. xi*Introduction, pg. 1*ONE. The Perfect Rightness of the Actual, pg. 32*TWO. The Disputants and Their Works, pg. 92*THREE. Divine Power and Possibility, pg. 135*FOUR. Creation as "Natural Necessity", pg. 182*FIVE. The Problem of the Optimum, pg. 217*Conclusion, pg. 259*Appendix: Types of Possibility, pg. 266*Bibliography, pg. 271*Index, pg. 297

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