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“al-Juwaynī also understood that the works of Avicenna and other falāsifa contained solutions to many theological problems the Asharite school had wrestled with for centuries.” quote by Frank Griffel — Download Open image

““al-Juwaynī also understood that the works of Avicenna and other falāsifa contained solutions to many theological problems the Asharite school had wrestled with for centuries.””

Frank Griffel

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