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French term or phrase:
l\'adéquation dans le temps
English translation:
its relationship with time
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tatyana000
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l'adéquation dans le temps
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From a text on divine knowledge in medieval Muslim philosophy:
Il faut absolument faire ressortir dans l’argumentation d'al-Ghazali,l’idée, d’abord, qu’on doit découpler en Dieu, d’un côté, sa connaissance absolue de la chose, sa connaissance, disons, éternelle d’une chose, et de l’autre, la déclinaison chronologique de cette connaissance, ***l’adéquation*** de cette connaissance dans le temps, compte tenu du temps, c’est-à-dire la connaissance de la chose comme future, comme présente, comme passée.
Il faut absolument faire ressortir dans l’argumentation d'al-Ghazali,l’idée, d’abord, qu’on doit découpler en Dieu, d’un côté, sa connaissance absolue de la chose, sa connaissance, disons, éternelle d’une chose, et de l’autre, la déclinaison chronologique de cette connaissance, ***l’adéquation*** de cette connaissance dans le temps, compte tenu du temps, c’est-à-dire la connaissance de la chose comme future, comme présente, comme passée.
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Philippa Smith
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its relationship with time
As in: "the temporal dimension of this knowledge, its relationship with time, the way it incorporates time; in other words, ..."
Which moves a way a little from the French, but I feel is an allowable shift, from what I see as "how it is anchored in time", in terms of style and underlying meaning...
A suggestion anyway!
Which moves a way a little from the French, but I feel is an allowable shift, from what I see as "how it is anchored in time", in terms of style and underlying meaning...
A suggestion anyway!
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Comment: "Thank you! I also like your "anchored" suggestion."
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polyglot45
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its adaptation to a particular (moment in) time
but I would use verbs and not nouns here in English : how this knowledge evolves over time, how it fits in with particular moments in time
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(present time fitting, following, overview, even integration
mere clues forward as for a divinity "adapting" does no seem adequate to me
Ideas for what they are worth
Ideas for what they are worth
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adequation in time
This is a technical paper and a technical term is appropriate. al-Ghazali was (inter alia) making a distinction between the timeless knowledge of Allah ('ilm) and human knowledge (fiqh) [Do not say that 'ilm will disappear ... instead you should say that fiqh will disappear. Ibn Sa'd. Tabaqar al-Kubrii].
Knowledge and Truth are treaded by Husserl, Ricoeur and Reschler using the term "adéquation" for example in Process Philosophy: Via Idearum or Via Negativa?, Anderson Weekes "Knowledge itself is essentially a process if it is presumptive adequation in time to an inherently experience-transcendending reality".
Knowledge and Truth are treaded by Husserl, Ricoeur and Reschler using the term "adéquation" for example in Process Philosophy: Via Idearum or Via Negativa?, Anderson Weekes "Knowledge itself is essentially a process if it is presumptive adequation in time to an inherently experience-transcendending reality".
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befitting time
The exact phrase depends on how you start but I'm thinking along the lines of
"his knowledge befitting his time" or
"more befitting knowledge for his time"
Like when people thought the world was flat but then realised it wasn't and so changed their beliefs to those more befitting their era.
"his knowledge befitting his time" or
"more befitting knowledge for his time"
Like when people thought the world was flat but then realised it wasn't and so changed their beliefs to those more befitting their era.
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