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Book: Love in the Teachings of Ibn ‘Arabī

Chapter: Ibn ‘Arabī’s Metaphysics in Context

DOI: 10.1558/equinox.42957

Blurb:

This chapter outlines Ibn ‘Arabī’s ontology by carefully examining his major metaphysical teachings, especially the concept of the “Oneness of Being,” and describes how he uses his symbolic language as a form of expressing his metaphysics. The chapter also seeks to contextualize certain ideas in his oeuvre that directly inform our exposition of love in the following chapter.

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