Ibn Taymiyya and the God of the Philosophers

Adrien Candiard, O.P. PhD candidate and IDEO member icon-calendar Tuesday April 23ʳᵈ, 2019 In the ninth volume of his large book Darʾ taʿāruḍ al-ʿaql wa-l-naql, which constitutes a precise and extremely informed refutation of rationalist ideas, Ibn Taymiyya (d. 728/1328) devotes almost fifty pages to the refutation of Aristotle’s metaphysical ideas, as

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Muslim perspectives on interreligious dialogue

Djamel Djazouli, Denis Gril and Omero Marongiu-Perria A round table leaded by Adrien Candiard, OP (IDEO) At the French Institute in Egypt icon-calendar Friday November 30ᵗʰ, 2018 at 6:00 p.m It is true that interreligious dialogue has long been the initiative of Christians, however, more and more Muslim voices are

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The issue of the existence of God in Ibn Taymiyya

Adrien Candiard Member of the IDEO and PhD student in Islamic studies icon-calendar Tuesday May 22nd, 2018 For Heidegger (1889‒1976), if metaphysics failed in its project, it is because it identified the “Being” with God, transforming into a sterile onto-theology. This description undoubtedly applies to Avicenna (d. 428/1037), for whom

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L’Egitto sciita

Adrien Candiard, « L’Egitto sciita : la dinastia fatimide » in: Luciano Vaccaro (éd.), Popoli, religioni e Chiese lungo il corso del Nilo, Libreria Editrice Vaticana, Città del Vaticano, Gazzada Schianno : Fondazione Ambrosiana Paolo VI, 2015, p. 189−299.

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Muḥammad ʿAbduh (1849-1905): Historian of the Decline of Islam

Adrien Candiard Alumnus of the French École normale supérieure, Paris icon-calendar June 16, 2015 Muḥammad ʿAbduh identifies the reality of Islam and its rationality, and opposes the tradition he sees as rehearsed. In this, he is an heir of the Enlightenment and their pretention in inventing a unique universal system of

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Adrien Candiard

Send him an email: adrien.candiard@gmail.com. Click here to see his bibliography. Click here to see his authority record and list of publications on Diamond. Adrien Candiard is French and lives in Cairo. He completed his studies in history and political science, and he joined the Dominican Order in 2006. He graduated

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