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Autore |
Gwynne Rosalind Ward |
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Logic, rhetoric, and legal reasoning in the Qurʼān : God's arguments / / Rosalind Ward Gwynne |
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London : , : Routledge, , 2014 |
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©2004 |
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ISBN |
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1-134-34499-6 |
1-280-28938-4 |
9786610289387 |
0-203-34308-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (270 p.) |
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Collana |
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RoutledgeCurzon studies in the Quran |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Faith and reason - Islam - Qurʼanic teaching |
Qurʼan and philosophy |
Intellect - Religious aspects - Islam - Qurʼanic teaching |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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First published 2004 by RoutledgeCurzon. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Half Title; Title Page ; Copyright Page ; Table of Contents ; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 The Covenant; 2 Signs and precedents; The signs of God; Precedent in sacred history; 3 The Sunna of God; 4 Rules, commands, and reasons why; Does God work for a purpose?; Rule-based reasoning; The logic of commands; Commands in the earliest revelations; Commands, commandments, and purpose; 5 Legal arguments; Reciprocity and recompense; Priority, equivalence, and limitation; Distinction and exception; Aristotle's five ""non-artistic"" proofs; An excursus on performative utterances |
6 ComparisonSimilarity; Analogy; Parable; Degree; 7 Contrast; Difference; Inequality; Opposition; 8 Categorical arguments; 9 Conditional and disjunctive arguments; Conditional arguments; Disjunctive arguments; 10 Technical terms and debating technique; 11 Conclusions; Notes; Bibliography; Index to Qur'ānic Verses; Index |
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Muslims have always used verses from the Qur'an to support opinions on law, theology, or life in general, but almost no attention has been |
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paid to how the Qur'an presents its own precepts as conclusions proceeding from reasoned arguments. Whether it is a question of God's powers of creation, the rationale for his acts, or how people are to think clearly about their lives and fates, Muslims have so internalized Qur'anic patterns of reasoning that many will assert that the Qur'an appeals first of all to the human powers of intellect. This book provides a new key to both the Qur'an and Islamic in |
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