01Reason, revelation, being
Islamic Philosophy
Tawhid, Kalam, Aql, Nafs, Wujud, Necessary Existent, essence and existence, divine attributes, Avicenna, Falsafa, and the problem of reason and revelation.
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Islamic philosophyIslamic
Tawhid
onenessdivine unity
Tawhid names divine unity or oneness, the central claim that shapes Islamic theology, metaphysics, worship, and philosophical accounts of ultimate dependence.
kalamnecessary existentdivine attributes
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Kalam
speculative theology
Kalam is Islamic rational theology, a disciplined practice of argument about God, creation, revelation, attributes, causation, and human responsibility.
tawhidfalsafacreatedness of the quran
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Islamic philosophyIslamic
Wujud
existencebeing
Wujud means existence or being, a central term in Islamic metaphysics for asking what it means for anything to be and how beings depend on the Necessary Existent.
essence and existencenecessary existentfalsafa
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Chinese philosophyChinese
Li
禮ritual propriety
Li is ritual propriety: the patterned conduct, ceremony, etiquette, and respect that train ethical life and make social roles humane.
renyijunzi
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Chinese philosophyChinese
Wuwei
無為non-actioneffortless action
Wuwei means non-coercive or effortless action, a way of acting so attuned to conditions that forceful interference becomes unnecessary.
daozirande
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Chinese BuddhismChinese
Chan
禪Zen
Chan is a Chinese Buddhist tradition that stresses direct awakening, meditation, teacher-student transmission, and seeing one's nature beyond mere words.
sudden enlightenmentno mindpure land
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Chinese BuddhismChinese
Buddha-Nature
佛性foxing
Buddha-nature names the capacity, ground, or condition for awakening, a theme that shaped Chinese debates about whether enlightenment is already present.
emptinesschansudden enlightenment
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KnowledgeWestern
Knowledge
Knowledge is not just a belief that happens to be true; it is a responsible relation to truth, evidence, and the world.
epistemologytruthbelief
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Reality and beingWestern
Metaphysics
Metaphysics asks what reality is like at the most basic level. It studies not one object in the world, but the categories that make any object, event, or relation intelligible.
ontologysubstancecausality
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