[lit-ideas] Re: The 'Near-Eastern' influences on the Greek philosophy, sc...

  • From: Scribe1865@xxxxxxx
  • To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2004 13:15:39 EDT

In a message dated 4/10/2004 1:14:29 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
omarkusto@xxxxxxxxx writes:
*It is not exactly peculiar - it happened in the Arab
world in the 10th century, with the Mutazilla school
in theology and with the rationalist philosophers like
Al-Farabi and Ibn-Sinna. But then came a reaction. It
was argued, not without some philosophical
justification, that rationalism has gone too far, and
encroached upon the areas properly assigned to
revelation, such as the nature of the world and the
nature of God himself.
Exactly. Attributing certain areas of inquiry to revelation assumes that "all 
knowledge comes from the Lord," and that creatures cannot presume to usurp 
this role from their Creator, without prior consent.
I have been arguing that this is a great stumbling block to all humanity, 
regardless of culture; further that it derives from a model of the universe as 
something created -- rather than something that grows of itself. 


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