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121désordre — [ dezɔrdr ] n. m. • 1377 « querelle »; de dés et ordre 1 ♦ (1530) Absence d ordre. Le désordre d une pièce. Mettre du désordre quelque part. Quel désordre ! ⇒ capharnaüm, déballage, fatras, fouillis, pagaille; fam. bazar, binz, chantier, fourbi,… …
122inconséquence — [ ɛ̃kɔ̃sekɑ̃s ] n. f. • 1538; bas lat. inconsequentia 1 ♦ Manque de suite dans les idées, de réflexion dans la conduite; caractère des propos, des actes inconséquents. ⇒ étourderie, inattention, irréflexion, légèreté. « l inconséquence d une… …
123unité — [ ynite ] n. f. • XIIIe; lat. unitas, de unus « un » I ♦ Caractère de ce qui est un. 1 ♦ Caractère de ce qui est unique (I, 1o), un seul (identité numérique). Unité et pluralité. L unité divine dans le monothéisme. « L unité et la multiplicité [d …
124belief — faith (iman) In the formative period of Islam, an early theologico political controversy emerged around the question of what qualifies a person as a Muslim. Answers ranged from the bare act of witnessing (‘I declare there is no god but God and …
125Neoplatonism — (al aflatuniyat al muhdatha) A creative synthesis of Pythagorian, Platonic, Aristotelian and Stoic philosophy – infused with a religio mystic spirit – Neoplatonism was the final flowering of ancient Greek thought (c. third – sixth century ce) …
126al-Tusi, Nasir al-Din — (597–672/1201–74) It is often claimed that philosophy effectively came to an end in the Islamic world with the death of Ibn Rushd at the close of the twelfth century. This is certainly an exaggeration, in part because of the various non… …
127Bibliography — ‘Abduh, M. [1966] (2004), The Theology of Unity, trans. I. Musa‘ad and K. Cragg, London: George Allen and Unwin. Abed, S. B. (1991), Aristotelian Logic and the Arabic Language in Alfarabi, Albany: State University of New York Press. Abrahamov, B …
128AVERROES° — (Abu al Walid Muhammad ibn Rushd; 1126–1198), qadi, jurist, noted physician, and one of the greatest Islamic philosophers. Averroes, who lived in Spain, is best known as the outstanding commentator of the medieval period on Aristotle s works. He… …
