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Averroès: Le Philosophe Et La Loi (Scientia Graeco-Arabica, 14)

Sheikh Zayed Book Award

Averroès: Le Philosophe Et La Loi (Scientia Graeco-Arabica, 14)

Ziad Bou Akl

A French translation of an Arabic study on Ibn Rushd that organizes the core of Arab thought around the relationship between law and philosophy. Through translation and annotation, it extends the ground for comparative intellectual history.

Islamic jurisprudencetranslationArab philosophyscholarshipcomparative thought

Work Information

Translation makes the link between law and philosophy in Arab thought more visible.

A scholarly book that presents Ibn Rushd studies in French and deepens comparative debates about the relation between law and philosophy. The translation itself functions as part of the scholarly contribution.

Book Information

Publisher
De Gruyter
Published
2015-02-16
Pages
501 pages
Language
フランス語
Size
17.78 x 4.45 x 25.4 cm
ISBN-13
9781501510359
ISBN-10
1501510355
Price
44835 JPY
Category
洋書/Literature & Fiction/History & Criticism/Movements & Periods/Renaissance

One of Averroes' (Ibn Rushd) earliest works is dedicated to law. The work comprises a summary of al-Ghazali's work on legal theory called al-Mustasfa min 'ilm al-usul . This volume presents a new edition of the Arabic text accompanied by a French translation and commentary. The edition is preceded by a study that draws attention to the main points of difference between the two philosophers.

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