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