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The Philosophy of the Kalam (Structure & Growth of Philosophic Systems from Plato to Spinoza; 4)
Harry Austryn Wolfson
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Hardcover. Num Pages: 810 pages. BIC Classification: HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 152 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1089.
Harry Wolfson was renowned throughout the world for the depth, scope, and wisdom of his monumental volumes on the structure and growth of philosophic systems from Plato to Spinoza. It was not only his extraordinary erudition that commanded respect, his awesome mastery of all the primary sources, Greek, Christian, Judaic, and Muslim; it was also his penetrating insight and his original and groundbreaking interpretations.
In this long-awaited volume, on which he worked for twenty years, Wolfson describes the body of doctrine known as the Kalam. Kalam, an Arabic term meaning "speech" and hence "discussion," was applied to early attempts ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1976
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
810
Condition
New
Number of Pages
810
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass, United States
ISBN
9780674665804
SKU
V9780674665804
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About Harry Austryn Wolfson
Harry Austryn Wolfson was Nathan Littauer Professor of Hebrew Literature and Philosophy, Emeritus, Harvard University.
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