On the Idea of Potency: Juridical and Theological Roots of the Western Cultural Tradition, 2016
By: Emanuele Castrucci
Title On the Idea of Potency: Juridical and Theological Roots of the Western Cultural Tradition
Type Monograph
Language English
Date 2016
Publication Place Edinburgh
Publisher Edinburgh University Press
Series Encounters in Law & Philosophy: ELP
Categories Law, Surveys, Metaphysics, Politics
Author(s) Emanuele Castrucci
Publisher(s)
Translator(s)
A critique of the metaphysical concept of power and potency in the history of Western jurisprudence Sweeping through the history of Western philosophy of law, Emanuele Castrucci deals with the metaphysical idea of potency as defined by Spinoza and Nietzsche, upsetting entrenched theories of jurisprudence. Castrucci first addresses how the idea of potency can change the meaning of the power ascribed to an omnipotent God. This brings together classical Greek philosophy with Jewish biblical exegesis, which Castrucci links through the juncture of Christianity. He then relates potency to the classical philosophical tradition in Aristotle's Metaphysics and its Arabic interpretations, particularly Ibn Rushd's (Averroës). This leads us to the genesis of natural law theory in Western philosophy, from Augustine to Aquinas and from Duns Scotus to Ockham. Moving on, Castrucci examines the inherently problematic concept of political theology, pitting Spinozan–Nietzschean potency against Kant and Enlightenment natural law to reveal the weaknesses inherent in the Enlightenment system. Finally, Castrucci applies the theories of Carl Schmitt to the philosophical rationalism of the Western tradition, showing us how it has failed to contain absolute power in a juridical sense.

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Averroes, el sabio cordobés que iluminó Europa, 2010
By: Andrés Martínez Lorca
Title Averroes, el sabio cordobés que iluminó Europa
Type Monograph
Language Spanish
Date 2010
Publication Place Córdoba
Publisher El Páramo
Categories Biography, Medicine, Law, Ethics, Politics
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Decisive Treatise and Epistle Dedicatory, 2001
By: Averroes
Title Decisive Treatise and Epistle Dedicatory
Type Monograph
Language undefined
Date 2001
Publication Place Provo, Utah
Publisher Brigham Young University Press
Series Brigham Young University - Islamic Translation Series
Categories Law, Politics, Relation between Philosophy and Theology
Author(s) Averroes
Publisher(s)
Translator(s) Charles E. Butterworth
Averroës (Ibn Rushd, 1126-1198) emerged from an eminent family in Muslim Spain to become the first and last great Aristotelian of the classical Islamic world; his meticulous commentaries influenced Christian thinkers and earned him favorable mention (and a relatively pleasant fate) in Dante’s Divina Commedia. The Book of the Decisive Treatise was and remains one his most important works and one of history’s best defenses of the legitimate role of reason in a community of faith. The text presents itself as a plea before a tribunal in which the divinely revealed Law of Islam is the sole authority; Averroës, critical of the anti-philosophical tone of the Islamic establishment, argues that the Law not only permits but also mandates the study of philosophy and syllogistic or logical reasoning, defending earlier Muslim philosophers and dismissing criticisms of them as more harmful to the Islamic community than the philosophers’ own views had been. As he details the three fundamental methods the Law uses to aid people of varied capacities and temperaments, Averroës reveals a carefully formed and remarkably argued conception of the boundaries and uses of faith and reason.

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Two Andalusian philosophers, 1999
By: Averroes, Muḥammad Ibn-ʿAbd-al-Malik Ibn-Ṭufail,
Title Two Andalusian philosophers
Type Monograph
Language English
Date 1999
Publication Place London [u.a.]
Publisher Kegan Paul
Series The Kegan Paul Arabia library
Volume 6
Categories Relation between Philosophy and Theology, Law, Politics
Author(s) Averroes , Muḥammad Ibn-ʿAbd-al-Malik Ibn-Ṭufail ,
Publisher(s)
Translator(s) Jim Colville
The story of "Hayy Ibn Yaqzan" by Abu Bakr Muhammad Ibn Tufayl and "The definitive statement" by Abu'l Walid Muhammad Ibn Rushd / translated from the Arabic with an introduction and notes by Jim Colville

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Averroes, el sabio cordobés que iluminó Europa, 2010
By: Andrés Martínez Lorca
Title Averroes, el sabio cordobés que iluminó Europa
Type Monograph
Language Spanish
Date 2010
Publication Place Córdoba
Publisher El Páramo
Categories Biography, Medicine, Law, Ethics, Politics
Author(s) Andrés Martínez Lorca
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Decisive Treatise and Epistle Dedicatory, 2001
By: Averroes
Title Decisive Treatise and Epistle Dedicatory
Type Monograph
Language undefined
Date 2001
Publication Place Provo, Utah
Publisher Brigham Young University Press
Series Brigham Young University - Islamic Translation Series
Categories Law, Politics, Relation between Philosophy and Theology
Author(s) Averroes
Publisher(s)
Translator(s) Charles E. Butterworth
Averroës (Ibn Rushd, 1126-1198) emerged from an eminent family in Muslim Spain to become the first and last great Aristotelian of the classical Islamic world; his meticulous commentaries influenced Christian thinkers and earned him favorable mention (and a relatively pleasant fate) in Dante’s Divina Commedia. The Book of the Decisive Treatise was and remains one his most important works and one of history’s best defenses of the legitimate role of reason in a community of faith. The text presents itself as a plea before a tribunal in which the divinely revealed Law of Islam is the sole authority; Averroës, critical of the anti-philosophical tone of the Islamic establishment, argues that the Law not only permits but also mandates the study of philosophy and syllogistic or logical reasoning, defending earlier Muslim philosophers and dismissing criticisms of them as more harmful to the Islamic community than the philosophers’ own views had been. As he details the three fundamental methods the Law uses to aid people of varied capacities and temperaments, Averroës reveals a carefully formed and remarkably argued conception of the boundaries and uses of faith and reason.

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On the Idea of Potency: Juridical and Theological Roots of the Western Cultural Tradition, 2016
By: Emanuele Castrucci
Title On the Idea of Potency: Juridical and Theological Roots of the Western Cultural Tradition
Type Monograph
Language English
Date 2016
Publication Place Edinburgh
Publisher Edinburgh University Press
Series Encounters in Law & Philosophy: ELP
Categories Law, Surveys, Metaphysics, Politics
Author(s) Emanuele Castrucci
Publisher(s)
Translator(s)
A critique of the metaphysical concept of power and potency in the history of Western jurisprudence Sweeping through the history of Western philosophy of law, Emanuele Castrucci deals with the metaphysical idea of potency as defined by Spinoza and Nietzsche, upsetting entrenched theories of jurisprudence. Castrucci first addresses how the idea of potency can change the meaning of the power ascribed to an omnipotent God. This brings together classical Greek philosophy with Jewish biblical exegesis, which Castrucci links through the juncture of Christianity. He then relates potency to the classical philosophical tradition in Aristotle's Metaphysics and its Arabic interpretations, particularly Ibn Rushd's (Averroës). This leads us to the genesis of natural law theory in Western philosophy, from Augustine to Aquinas and from Duns Scotus to Ockham. Moving on, Castrucci examines the inherently problematic concept of political theology, pitting Spinozan–Nietzschean potency against Kant and Enlightenment natural law to reveal the weaknesses inherent in the Enlightenment system. Finally, Castrucci applies the theories of Carl Schmitt to the philosophical rationalism of the Western tradition, showing us how it has failed to contain absolute power in a juridical sense.

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Two Andalusian philosophers, 1999
By: Averroes, Muḥammad Ibn-ʿAbd-al-Malik Ibn-Ṭufail,
Title Two Andalusian philosophers
Type Monograph
Language English
Date 1999
Publication Place London [u.a.]
Publisher Kegan Paul
Series The Kegan Paul Arabia library
Volume 6
Categories Relation between Philosophy and Theology, Law, Politics
Author(s) Averroes , Muḥammad Ibn-ʿAbd-al-Malik Ibn-Ṭufail ,
Publisher(s)
Translator(s) Jim Colville
The story of "Hayy Ibn Yaqzan" by Abu Bakr Muhammad Ibn Tufayl and "The definitive statement" by Abu'l Walid Muhammad Ibn Rushd / translated from the Arabic with an introduction and notes by Jim Colville

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