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Document Details : Title: The non-existent and the possible in classical ash'arite teaching Author(s): FRANK, R.M. Journal: MIDEO Volume: 24 Date: 2000 Pages: 1-37 DOI: 10.2143/MID.24.0.565630 Abstract : That the topic of the non-existent and non-actual and of the possible as such embraces a number of by no means trivial philosophical issues and questions would seem obvious enough. In studies of Ash‘arite theology, however, it has been mentioned, if at all, only in passing, and even then as if it were something that merits but little consideration as a locus of metaphysical or theological thought. One reason for which the matter has received so little attention has been that the great majority of the published texts are rather elementary manuals that have but little to say concerning the non-existent as such and in many cases not much either on the subject of the possibles. The present study of what the Ash‘arites of the classical period had to say on the topic may contribute to a better appreciation of several aspects of their teaching. |
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