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Abstract enThe purpose of this article is to examine Tâj al-Dîn Abu’l-Fath Muhammad b. ‘Abd al-Karīm al-Shahrastânî’s (d. 548/1153) view on philosophy and philosophers. In doing so, I will also analyze the basic points of his approach to the philosophy and philosophical schools. In addition, I will compare al-Shahrastânī’s way of criticism in his Kitâb al-Musâra‘a, in which he engages in a philosophical ‘struggling with the philosopher’, Avicenna (d. 428/1037), with that of al-Ghazzâlî (d. 505/1111) who similarly criticized Avicenna in his Tahâfut al-falâsifa, which there are a number of points in common among them though they differ from each other in certain issues. Consequently, in this article, I will underline al-Shahristânî’s original conception of philosophy and philosopher in his works which show his important place as a historian of philosophy as well as philosopher.

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