MES 165 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Aestheticism, Apodicticity, Averroes
6 Nov 2016
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Shiites the imam functions to intercede on behalf of the followers, guide followers, because of laws of reason you need imam and only imam could have that rationality because they share the blood of muhammad. Less importance placed on friday prayer than sunnis. Mutazilites: idea of rational thought and be able to substantiate everything that you believe--seen as radicals. : how inner thoughts contribute to their body and soul. Muhammad supports mystical quest, everyone has their own path and no one experiences god the same way, they don"t believe what was written in the major hadiths so they keep it alive in society orally. You have to understand yourself as nothing and god as everything, you have to love god or else you"ll fear him. We follow rationality and god is all rational so logically we would follow him. He wants to determine the state of philosophy. Totality of the product of the use of human rationality.
