Time, Motion, Distance, and Change in the
                        Kalām
                        
                        of Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī : A preliminary Survey with Special Reference to the
                        Maṭālib
                           ⊂Āliyah

doi:10.4324/9781315248011-19

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Time, Motion, Distance, and Change in the
Kalām

of Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī : A preliminary Survey with Special Reference to the
Maṭālib
⊂Āliyah

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ABSTRACT

As a corollary to his argument for the atomic conception of the body (jism), al-Rāzī also argues for the atomic conception of time, motion, distance and change. Aspects of his argument are presented here through a translational survey of his Maṭālib ^⊂Āliyah. For him, if any of the five (body, time, motion, distance, change) is atomistic in structure, then all the others will have to be conceived in atomistic terms as well.

Time, Motion, Distance, and Change in the Kalām of Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī : A preliminary Survey with Special Reference to the Maṭālib ⊂Āliyah

ABSTRACT