The Status of the Human Soul Between the Distinctness from the Body (Mugayeret ) and the Abstractness from the Body (Tajarrud ): The Case of Ali Qushji
The nature of the soul and its relationship to the body has been a subject of debate throughout history. In ancient Hellenistic times and the Middle Ages, the discussion revolved around whether the soul could be reduced to the body and bodily elements. This debate evolved into a consideration of whe...
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| description | The nature of the soul and its relationship to the body has been a subject of debate throughout history. In ancient Hellenistic times and the Middle Ages, the discussion revolved around whether the soul could be reduced to the body and bodily elements. This debate evolved into a consideration of whether the mind could be reduced to the body in the modern and contemporary periods. This ongoing debate can be observed in the classical and post-classical periods of Islamic philosophy and theology. Islamic philosophers largely upheld substance dualism, distinguishing the soul as an immaterial and incorporeal abstracted substance, and the body as a material and corporeal concrete substance. They argued for the distinctness of the soul and the body, presenting the soul as an abstracted substance. However, some theologians, particularly in the post-classical period, agreed on the distinctness of the soul from the body but diverged from the philosophers on the abstractness of the soul from the body. They criticized the philosophical proofs that the soul is an abstracted substance. Ali Qūshjī played a significant role in this debate by emphasizing the soul’s distinction from the body and challenging the arguments for the soul being an abstracted substance. This study aims to analyze the difference between the distinctness of the soul from the body and the abstractness of the soul from the body through the example of Ali Qūshjī. It seeks to determine Ali Qūshjī’s position in this enduring debate, which has spanned from the ancient Hellenistic period to the modern and contemporary period. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-f01878fc4e214dc69f4aadfe4e8024fb2025-08-20T03:06:00Zengİstanbul Medeniyet Üniversitesi Bilim Tarihi EnstitüsüNazariyat: Journal for the History of Islamic Philosophy and Sciences2547-94152024-11-011027711710.12658/Nazariyat.10.2.M0247enThe Status of the Human Soul Between the Distinctness from the Body (Mugayeret ) and the Abstractness from the Body (Tajarrud ): The Case of Ali QushjiM. Zahit Tiryaki0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1346-9775İstanbul Medeniyet UniversityThe nature of the soul and its relationship to the body has been a subject of debate throughout history. In ancient Hellenistic times and the Middle Ages, the discussion revolved around whether the soul could be reduced to the body and bodily elements. This debate evolved into a consideration of whether the mind could be reduced to the body in the modern and contemporary periods. This ongoing debate can be observed in the classical and post-classical periods of Islamic philosophy and theology. Islamic philosophers largely upheld substance dualism, distinguishing the soul as an immaterial and incorporeal abstracted substance, and the body as a material and corporeal concrete substance. They argued for the distinctness of the soul and the body, presenting the soul as an abstracted substance. However, some theologians, particularly in the post-classical period, agreed on the distinctness of the soul from the body but diverged from the philosophers on the abstractness of the soul from the body. They criticized the philosophical proofs that the soul is an abstracted substance. Ali Qūshjī played a significant role in this debate by emphasizing the soul’s distinction from the body and challenging the arguments for the soul being an abstracted substance. This study aims to analyze the difference between the distinctness of the soul from the body and the abstractness of the soul from the body through the example of Ali Qūshjī. It seeks to determine Ali Qūshjī’s position in this enduring debate, which has spanned from the ancient Hellenistic period to the modern and contemporary period.https://nazariyat.org/content/5-sayilar/21-cilt-10-sayi-2/4-mehmet-zahit-tiryaki-ali-kuscu/4_m_zahit_tiryaki_en.pdfali qūshjīibn sīnāfakhr al-dīn al-rāzīhuman soulmindbodymugāyerettajarrūd |
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| title | The Status of the Human Soul Between the Distinctness from the Body (Mugayeret ) and the Abstractness from the Body (Tajarrud ): The Case of Ali Qushji |
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| title_short | The Status of the Human Soul Between the Distinctness from the Body (Mugayeret ) and the Abstractness from the Body (Tajarrud ): The Case of Ali Qushji |
| title_sort | status of the human soul between the distinctness from the body mugayeret and the abstractness from the body tajarrud the case of ali qushji |
| topic | ali qūshjī ibn sīnā fakhr al-dīn al-rāzī human soul mind body mugāyeret tajarrūd |
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