The Texture of the Divine
Subtitle: Imagination in Medieval Islamic and Jewish Thought
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: December 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780253343536
Subjects: History; Oriental & Indian philosophy; Sociology, Social Studies; History - General History; Religion; Judaism - History; Medieval; Judaism - General; Avicenna,; Comparative studies; Image of God; Imagination; Islam; Judaism; Religious aspects
First sentence: THE QUARREL BETWEEN PHILOSOPHY AND LITERATURE, INTELLECT AND imagination, according to Socrates in Book 10 of the Republic, is ancient and virulent.