Qutb al-Din Razi
Quṭb al-Dīn al-Rāzī al-Taḥtānī | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1294 or 1295[1] Persia |
| Died | 1364 or 1365 CE (766 AH) Persia |
| Philosophical work | |
| Era | philosophy |
| Region | Islamic philosophy |
| School | Avicennism; Shāfiʿī jurisprudence |
| Main interests | Logic; Metaphysics; Islamic jurisprudence |
| Notable works | Taḥrīru al-qawāʿid al-manṭiqiyya, Lawāmiʿ al-asrār, al-Muḥākamāt bayna sharḥay al-Ishārāt, Risāla fī taḥqīq al-kulliyāt, Risālat al-maʿmūla fī al-taṣawwur wa-l-taṣdīq |
| Notable ideas | Theory of universals (al-kullī al-ṭabīʿī), conception and assent |
Quṭb al-Dīn al-Rāzī al-Taḥtānī (d. 766 AH / 1365 CE) was a 14th-century Islamic philosopher, logician, jurist, and commentator in the post-Avicennan philosophical tradition.[2] He played a significant role in refining logical and philosophical discourse, particularly in relation to issues such as universals, and was associated with the Shafi'i legal school.[3][4][5]
Philosophical and logical contribution
His philosophical corpus includes major works in logic such as Taḥrīr al-qawāʿid al-manṭiqiyya and Lawāmiʿ al-asrār, as well as philosophical commentaries like al-Muḥākamāt bayna sharḥay al-Ishārāt.[6]
He contributed significantly to the study of universals, particularly through critical engagement with Avicenna’s theory of the natural universal (al-kullī al-ṭabīʿī) the view that universal quiddity exists within particulars as a part of their essence.[6][7]
His treatises such as Risāla fī taḥqīq al-kulliyāt and Risālat al-maʿmūla fī al-taṣawwur wa-l-taṣdīq shaped later debates in predication, definition, and universal concepts.[6]
Selected works
- Risālat at-taṣauwurāt wa-'t-taṣdīqāt[8]
- Al-Razi, Qutb al-Din (1883). Qutbi.
- Lawāmiʻ al-asrār fī sharḥ Maṭāliʻ al-anwār. 1899.
- تحرير القواعد المنطقية في شرح الرسالة الشمسية للكاتبي. Dar Al Kotob Al Ilmiyah دار الكتب العلمية. January 2014. ISBN 978-2-7451-8471-9.
- Sharḥ al-Maṭāliʻ fī al-manṭiq. 1989.
- Kitāb sharḥ al-maṭāliʻ. 1896.
- Taḥrīr al-qawāʻid al-manṭiqīyah fī sharḥ al-Risālah al-Shamsīyah. 1860.
- Taḥrīr al-qawāʻid al-manṭiqīyah fī sharḥ al-risālah al- shamsīyah. Dār al-Ṭibāʻah Mashhadī Muḥammad Taqī. 1883.
- Hādhā ḥāshiyah min ḥawāshī al-Ishārāt mawsūmah wa-maʻrūfah bi-al-Muḥākamāt: Maʻa ḥāshiyatihā Mīrzā Jān. al-Maṭbaʻah al-ʻĀmirah. 1873.
References
- ^ https://marco.ox.ac.uk/ark:29072/x0rr171w26kd
- ^ Üçer, İbrahim Halil (2020). "Realism Transformed: The Ontology of Universals in Avicennan Philosophy and Qutb al-Din al-Rāzī's Theory of Mental Exemplars". Nazariyat İslam Felsefe ve Bilim Tarihi Araştırmaları Dergisi (Journal for the History of Islamic Philosophy and Sciences). 6 (2): 23–68. doi:10.12658/nazariyat.6.2.m0116en.
- ^ "Qutb al-Din al-Razi and the Problem of Universals: A Fourteenth-Century Critique of Avicenna's Theory of Natural Universals".
- ^ "Qutb al-Din al-Razi as a Shafi'i Scholar and the Edition, Translation and Analysis of His Commentary on the Introduction of al-Hawi al-Saghir".
- ^ اسدی, مهدی (2022). "نقد قطبالدین رازی بر بعد چهارم و تثیر آن بر اندیشمندان مسلمان". فصلنامه اندیشه دینی دانشگاه شیراز. 22 (85): 3–32. doi:10.22099/jrt.2022.44935.2758.
- ^ a b c "SPECIAL ISSUE ON QUṬB AL-DĪN AL-RĀZĪ - Nazariyat Journal for the History of Islamic Philosophy and Sciences".
- ^ "Dr Wahid Amin's Paper on Qutb al-Din al-Razi Published in Nazariyat Journal". 12 February 2020. Archived from the original on 17 June 2024. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
- ^ Klinger, Dustin D. (2024). ""All knowledge is either conception or assent". On the history and significance of a fundamental distinction in Islamic philosophy". British Journal for the History of Philosophy: 1–21. doi:10.1080/09608788.2024.2400475.