Sherman Jackson on Differences in Legal-Political Philosophy between Establishment and Non-Establishment Scholars
That al-Qarafi should concern himself with matters of government might appear at first blush to contradict the widely touted notion …
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Hanna Mikhail on the use of Islamic Symbolism in the Age of Modernity
Present-day Muslims, in attempting to modernize their societies, depend greatly on the ideologies of the dominant West, but find it …
Kenny on Two Traditions of Philosophy
The period between Descartes and Hegel was the great age of metaphysical system-building. In the medieval period there were many …
Kenny on Descartes’ Originality and Medieval Philosophy
It is true that Descartes initiated a new, individualistic, style of philosophising. Medieval philosophers had seen themselves as principally engaged …
