%0 Journal Article
%T God¡¯s Omnipotence and Impossibility in al-Ghaz¨¡l¨© and Thomas Aquinas
%A £¿zcan Akda£¿
%J -
%D 2018
%X During the Middle Ages, most theological and philosophical works were translated into Latin language, such as Avicenna¡¯s al-Shif ¨¡: Ilahiy ¨¡t(The Metaphysics of The Healing),al-Ghaz¨¡l¨©¡¯s Maq¨¡s£¿d al-fal¨¡sifa(The Aims of Philosophers), and Averroes¡¯s commentaries on Aristotle¡¯s books. Thanks to these translations, Latin world have got acquainted with various controversial issues in the Islamic thought, such as whether ¡°God knows particulars in their essence¡±, ¡°whether God acts necessarily because of His nature¡± and ¡°whether reason and revelation can be reconciled or not¡± conveyed into Latin West. In addition to these issues, Latin thinkers have also got to know the problem of what scope of God¡¯s absolute power. In this paper, I tried to show the idea that God can do what is logically possible and this does not limit God¡¯s absolute power was conveyed in to Latin West because of translation of Avicenna¡¯s al-Shif¨¡and al-Ghaz¨¡l¨©¡¯s Maq¨¡s£¿dal-fal¨¡sifa. As far as I can see, there is drastic textual similarity between idea of al-Ghaz¨¡l¨©and Thomas Aquinas about this matter. Based on the similarities between al-Ghaz¨¡l¨©and Aquinas, it is highly probable that Aquinas¡¯ idea about God¡¯s power goes back to Islamic tradition
%K Thomas Aquinas
%K Din Felsefesi
%K £¿mk¨¡ns£¿zl£¿k
%K Zorunluluk
%K Tanr£¿¡¯n£¿n Kudreti
%K Gazz¨¡l£¿
%K Thomas Aquinas
%U http://dergipark.org.tr/ulum/issue/38422/418724