Avempace's Reading of the Theory of Grace

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associate professor of Islamic Philosophy and theology in payamenoor university, Tehran, Iran.

10.22091/jptr.2025.11600.3173

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Avempace (Ibn Bajja) has discussed "grace" in several paragraphs of his collection of philosophical treatises. Avempace's reading and understanding of the theory of grace is the subject of this article, with the question of what Avempace's reading of the theory of grace? Did he use the theory of grace in an existential meaning and existential function?The hypothesis is that Avempace has proposed the theory of grace based on the theory of grace in Book of Csuses .which has achieved a new and different plan from the theory of the ten intellects, in which the extension of forms to beings and the producing of beings in the universe of corruption are explained. In this article, we have reached the findings a descriptive-analytical method: grace in Avempace's philosophy is explained under different titles:superior nature”, “gift” and “vision”, “revelation and inspiration” and predestination and in two meanings:gift and divine illumination” and “existential”. as result Avempace in addition to epistemological function also believes in the existential function of grace in the theory of grace and has proposed a different plan in which he presents an account of the cooperation of the active intellect and celestial bodies in the production of the universe of corruption.

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Journal of Philosophical Theological Research

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Available Online from 10 March 2025

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