RELG 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, Child Prodigy, Averroes
21 Jul 2016
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Middle ages= dark ages, described as a dark time but it was actually very creative. Thought, technology, new arrangements for living and religion evolved. 2 different interpretations/groups emerged: theologians/traditionalists, philosophers. Both wanted to come to know allah better. Group that followed the teacher called al ashari, had a following called al- Asharis, traditionalists: god created the world from nothing, ex nihilo (from nothing, elaborating atomic theory of matter. If you didn"t believe this you didn"t believe in god"s power. Traditionalists- began w/revelation, solved problems with revelation. Philosophers- started w/ reason and experience: thought rationality would be greater understanding of god, affirming different terms of revelation. Greek text from muslim scholars (750-1000ce: translation of plato and aristotle, translations of aristotle are mostly from islam"s because much of. Aristotle"s work in the west was lost but it was translated in the east. Why did muslims translate this text: 7th-8th ce islam spreading very fast through north africa and europe.
