The Decisive Treatise
The Decisive Treatise
by Averroes (1126–1198) · 1179 · ★ Essential
A legal ruling that Islamic law obliges the capable to philosophize, since demonstration and Scripture, rightly interpreted, cannot conflict.
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Project Gutenberg’s text: Mohammad Jamil-ur-Rehman, The Philosophy and Theology of Averroes (Baroda, 1921)
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- Also known as
- Fasl al-maqal; On the Harmony of Religion and Philosophy
- Classification
- LCC B749: Philosophy. Psychology. Religion › Philosophy (General)
- Categories
- faith-and-reason, interpretation, law
- Tradition
- Islamic; Aristotelian
- Written in
- Arabic
- Translation
- Mohammad Jamil-ur-Rehman, 1921 (The Philosophy and Theology of Averroes)
- Public domain (US)
- Yes
- On the lists
- A Historical Bibliography of Philosophy of Religion (Larry Sanger, 2026)
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