Download or read book Beings and Their Attributes written by Richard M. Frank and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 1978-06-30 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a classification and analysis of the metaphysics of the predominant tradition of Mu-tazila—that of Basra—in the period of the highest development (AD 900–1050). This is the first of the major schools of Sunni Muslim theology and their metaphysics, and the first book to deal with the underlying theoretical principles of earlier Islamic theology.