responses to the Sicilian Questions
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Responses to the Sicilian Questions is a philosophical treatise by Ibn Sabin that addresses metaphysical and theological questions posed by Emperor Frederick II.
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Target entity: responses to the Sicilian Questions Context triple: [Ibn Sabin, knownFor, responses to the Sicilian Questions]
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Consulta of Corsica
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Agora of the Italians
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Pacification of Libya
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Sicilian Regional Assembly
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Years of Lead in Italy
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Target entity: responses to the Sicilian Questions Target entity description: Responses to the Sicilian Questions is a philosophical treatise by Ibn Sabin that addresses metaphysical and theological questions posed by Emperor Frederick II.
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A.
Consulta of Corsica
The Consulta of Corsica was the representative assembly that functioned as the main legislative and political decision-making body of the short-lived Corsican Republic in the 18th century.
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B.
Agora of the Italians
The Agora of the Italians was a large Hellenistic commercial and social complex on the island of Delos, built by Italian merchants as a center for trade and business activities.
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C.
Pacification of Libya
The Pacification of Libya was a brutal Italian colonial campaign in the early 20th century aimed at crushing Libyan resistance and consolidating Italian control through widespread repression and violence.
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D.
Sicilian Regional Assembly
The Sicilian Regional Assembly is the unicameral legislative body of the autonomous region of Sicily, responsible for making regional laws and overseeing the regional government.
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E.
Years of Lead in Italy
The Years of Lead in Italy were a turbulent period from the late 1960s to the 1980s marked by widespread political violence, terrorism, and social unrest involving both far-left and far-right extremist groups.
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Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
philosophical treatise
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work of Islamic philosophy ⓘ |
| addressesQuestionFrom | Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
The Sicilian Questions
ⓘ
al-Ajwiba ʿan al-Asʾila al-Ṣiqilliyya ⓘ
linked to:
al-Masāʾil al-Ṣiqilliyya
|
| audience |
Frederick II’s court
ⓘ
linked to:
court of Frederick II
Muslim philosophers and theologians ⓘ learned Christian readers ⓘ |
| author |
Ibn Sabʿīn
ⓘ
Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Ḥaqq ibn Sabʿīn ⓘ
linked to:
Muhammad ibn Abd al-Haqq ibn Sabin
|
| commissionedBy | Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
al-Andalus
ⓘ
linked to:
Al-Andalus
|
| dateWritten | 13th century ⓘ |
| discusses |
cosmology
ⓘ
creation ex nihilo ⓘ divine knowledge ⓘ immortality of the soul ⓘ nature of God ⓘ |
| genre | philosophical prose ⓘ |
| hasForm | epistolary treatise ⓘ |
| hasWorkType | answers to philosophical questions ⓘ |
| historicalContext | Christian–Muslim intellectual exchanges in the 13th century ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Aristotle
ⓘ
Ibn Sīnā ⓘ
linked to:
Avicenna
Ibn ʿArabī ⓘ
linked to:
Ibn Arabi
al-Ghazālī ⓘ
linked to:
al‑Ghazali
|
| language | Arabic ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
God and creation
ⓘ
eternity of the world ⓘ metaphysics ⓘ nature of the soul ⓘ philosophy of religion ⓘ theology ⓘ unity of being ⓘ |
| notableFor |
integration of Sufi and Peripatetic themes
ⓘ
interreligious philosophical dialogue ⓘ |
| partOf | medieval Islamic philosophical literature ⓘ |
| philosophicalSchool |
Neoplatonism in Islamic philosophy
ⓘ
Sufism ⓘ |
| questioner | Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ |
| regionAssociatedWith |
Sicily
ⓘ
al-Andalus ⓘ
linked to:
Al-Andalus
|
| responder | Ibn Sabʿīn ⓘ |
| tradition |
Andalusian philosophy
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Islamic philosophy ⓘ Sufi metaphysics ⓘ |
| workFocus |
reconciliation of philosophy and revelation
ⓘ
relationship between reason and faith ⓘ |
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