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Document Details : Title: Reinterpreting Avicenna through Averroes Subtitle: 'Abd al-Razzāq Lāhīğī on Divine Knowledge Author(s): POURJAVADY, Reza Journal: Recherches de Théologie et Philosophie Médiévales Volume: 93 Issue: 1 Date: 2026 Pages: 145-173 DOI: 10.2143/RTPM.93.1.3295663 Abstract : In post-Avicennian philosophy, the nature of God’s knowledge became a major point of debate. Avicenna maintained that God knows the world through knowledge of His essence, yet critics argued that this view either limited divine knowledge of particulars or compromised divine unity. While many later thinkers opposed him, Averroes in part aligned with Avicenna in Tahāfut al-tahāfut, responding to al-Ġazālī and introducing modifications aimed at addressing concerns regarding divine incomparability. Although Averroes’s works long remained little known in the Islamic East, in the seventeenth century 'Abd al-Razzāq Lāhīǧī drew on his arguments to refine Avicenna’s theory. Engaging the critiques of Naṣīr al-Dīn al-Ṭūsī and Mullā Ṣadrā, Lāhīǧī formulated a synthesis that upheld Avicennian principles while responding to later objections. This article explores Lāhīǧī’s reinterpretation and its place in post-classical debates on divine knowledge. |
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