Philosophy and scriptural interpretation › Primary reading
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Sections in this chapter9
- Averroes, The Book of the Decisive Treatise Determining the Connection between the Law and Wisdom, Charles E. Butterworth translation, available in this online transcription and a Yale-hosted PDF. Section numbers here follow that translation.
- Read sections 1–10 for the legal question, logic, intellectual inheritance, and qualifications for study.
- Read sections 11–15 for methods of assent, the compatibility principle, interpretation, and consensus; continue into the discussion of al-Ghazali's condemnations for the disputed doctrines.
- Read the later discussion of interpretation and its audiences alongside the defense of inquiry. The restrictions are necessary to understanding the position being defended.
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