Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī and Thomas Aquinas on the question of the eternity of the world
By: by Muammer Iskenderoğlu.
Publisher: University of Birmingham
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Birmingham
Language: eng
Number of pages: 256
Subjects: Razi, Fakhr al-Din Muhammad ibn `Umar, -- 1149 or 50-1210.; Thomas, -- Aquinas, Saint, -- 1225?-1274.; Creation.; Eternity.; Islamic cosmology.; Earth -- Origin.
Description: Examines the approaches of Fakhr al-Din al-Razi and Thomas Aquinas on the question of the eternity of the world.  It begins by dealing with the main appraoches of Greek philosophy, the interaction of such approaches with the early Judaeo-Christian and Muslim traditions, and then examines in detail the approaches of both Razi and Aquinas.
Notes: Thesis (PhD) - University of Birmingham, Department of Theology, School of Historical Studies.

Bibliography: p. 247-256.
Table of contents: title: Ch.1 Background to the question; Ch.2 Fakhr al-Din al-Razi on the eternity of the world; Ch.3 Thomas Aquinas on the eternity of the world; Ch.4 Razi and Aquinas on the question of the eternity of the world.