Intellectual life in the Buyid state, theology and philosophical thought as a model (334-447 H/ 945-1055 AD)

Abstract

 Oratory and philosophy are considered a mirror and a reflection of what is going on in the human mind – facts, aims and sufferings.

It is a deep expression and accurate analysis of the spirit, the material world and the abstract world or immaterial one.

It covers several fields of knowledge including both theoretical and practical domains.

It gives every society its character and special identity that is different from other societies.

Although Arab Muslims derived lots of facts and philosophical ideas from other peoples and benefited from it – Greek philosophy, in particular- they stamped it with their own character that distinguishes the Arab Islamic philosophy.

Arab Muslim philosophers tried to find out links between philosophy and the Shareah of Islam which in turn grew and developed considerably during the reign of the Boweyheen State.

This resulted in the emergence of different Islamic sects that have different opinions and points of view