Averroes: Tahafut al Tahafut: The Incoherence of the Incoherence, Volumes I and II

Cover......Page 1
Front......Page 2
Table of Contents......Page 3
Preface......Page 4
Introduction......Page 5
THE FIRST DISCUSSION - Concerning the Eternity of the World......Page 34
THE FIRST PROOF......Page 35
THE SECOND PROOF OF THE PHILOSOPHERS CONCERNING THIS PROBLEM......Page 78
THE THIRD PROOF FOR THE ETERNITY OF THEWORLD......Page 102
THE FOURTH PROOF......Page 104
THE SECOND DISCUSSION - THE REFUTATION OF THEIR THEORY OF THE
INCORRUPTIBILITY OF THE WORLD AND OF TIME AND
MOTION......Page 118
THE THIRD DISCUSSION - THE DEMONSTRATION OF THEIR CONFUSION IN SAYING THAT
GOD IS THE AGENT AND THE MAKER OF THE WORLD AND
THAT THE WORLD IS HIS PRODUCT AND ACT, AND THE
DEMONSTRATION THAT THESE EXPRESSIONS ARE IN THEIR
SYSTEM ONLY METAPHORS WITHOUT ANY REAL SENSE......Page 140
THE FOURTH DISCUSSION - SHOWING THAT THEY ARE UNABLE TO PROVE THE
EXISTENCE OF A CREATOR OF THE WORLD......Page 221
THE FIFTH DISCUSSION - TO SHOW THEIR INCAPACITY TO PROVE GOD’S UNITY AND
THE IMPOSSIBILITY OF TWO NECESSARY EXISTENTS BOTH
WITHOUT A CAUSE......Page 239
THE SIXTH DISCUSSION - TO REFUTE THEIR DENIAL OF ATTRIBUTES......Page 260
THE SEVENTH DISCUSSION - TO REFUTE THEIR CLAIM THAT NOTHING CAN SHARE WITH
THE FIRST ITS GENUS, AND.........Page 303
THE EIGHTH DISCUSSION - TO REFUTE THEIR THEORY THAT THE EXISTENCE OF THE
FIRST IS SIMPLE, NAMELY THAT IT IS PURE EXISTENCE AND.........Page 320
THE NINTH DISCUSSION - TO REFUTE THEIR PROOF THAT THE FIRST IS INCORPOREAL......Page 328
THE TENTH DISCUSSION - TO PROVE THEIR INCAPACITY TO DEMONSTRATE THAT THE
WORLD HAS A CREATOR AND A CAUSE, AND THAT IN FACT
THEY ARE FORCED TO ADMIT ATHEISM......Page 338
THE ELEVENTH DISCUSSION - TO SHOW THE INCAPACITY OF THOSE PHILOSOPHERS WHO
BELIEVE THAT THE FIRST KNOWS OTHER THINGS BESIDE......Page 344
THE TWELFTH DISCUSSION - ABOUT THE IMPOTENCE OF THE PHILOSOPHERS TO PROVE
THAT GOD KNOWS HIMSELF......Page 362
THE THIRTEENTH DISCUSSION - TO REFUTE THOSE WHO AFFIRM THAT GOD IS IGNORANT OF
THE INDIVIDUAL THINGS WHICH ARE DIVIDED IN TIME INTO
PRESENT, PAST, AND FUTURE......Page 368
THE FOURTEENTH DISCUSSION - TO REFUTE THEIR PROOF THAT HEAVEN IS AN ANIMAL
MOVING IN A CIRCLE IN OBEDIENCE TO GOD......Page 382
THE FIFTEENTH DISCUSSION - TO REFUTE THE THEORY OF THE PHILOSOPHERS ABOUT THE
AIM WHICH MOVES HEAVEN......Page 392
THE SIXTEENTH DISCUSSION - TO REFUTE THEIR THEORY THAT THE SOULS OF THE
HEAVENS OBSERVE ALL THE PARTICULAR EVENTS OF THIS
WORLD, AND THAT.........Page 401
ABOUT THE NATURAL SCIENCES......Page 415
THE FIRST DISCUSSION......Page 422
THE SECOND DISCUSSION - THEIR IMPOTENCE TO SHOW BY DEMONSTRATIVE PROOF
THAT THE HUMAN SOUL IS A SPIRITUAL SUBSTANCE WHICH
EXISTS BY ITSELF AND DOES NOT FILL SPACE.........Page 444
The Third Discussion......Page 476
The Fourth Discussion......Page 478