| Title | Greek essence and Islamic Tolerance : Al-Farabi, Al-Ghazali, Ibn Rush’d |
| Type | Article |
| Language | English |
| Date | 2011 |
| Journal | The Review of Metaphysics |
| Volume | 65 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 41–61 |
| Categories | al-Fārābī, al-Ġazālī, Tradition and Reception |
| Author(s) | Michael Sweeney |
| Publisher(s) | |
| Translator(s) |
| The philosophical affirmation of essence by Al-Farabi (his preferred position) and Ibn Rush'd allows for toleration of rehgion as an inferior but necessary way of life for most human beings. Since both AlFarabi's democracy and his political regime based on essence achieve varying degrees of tolerance by subordinating rehgion, the choice is between tolerance and the superiority of rehgion; that is, all agree that it is not possible to reconcile the supremacy of religion with a broad political tolerance. According to Al-Farabi, the question of tolerance, like the questions of politics in general, centers on the natural differences among human beings in their ability to grasp essence. |
| Online Access | https://www.jstor.org/stable/23055682 |
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| Title | Greek essence and Islamic Tolerance : Al-Farabi, Al-Ghazali, Ibn Rush’d |
| Type | Article |
| Language | English |
| Date | 2011 |
| Journal | The Review of Metaphysics |
| Volume | 65 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 41–61 |
| Categories | al-Fārābī, al-Ġazālī, Tradition and Reception |
| Author(s) | Michael Sweeney |
| Publisher(s) | |
| Translator(s) |
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| Online Access | https://www.jstor.org/stable/23055682 |
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