
Ibn Taymiyyah's Theology - Part 2 with Dr Hatem al-Haj
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Nithimiyya's Contextual Language Theory
Nithimiyya believes that single expressions don't mean anything. He says languages are not designed to signify the meanings of single expressions. It's all contextual because the same word may mean different things in different contexts. There is no haki ha and majest for Ibn Tamein, there is no need for that distinction. If it is homonomy, we cannot translate them. Nithimiyyya believes that we can translate them but this will come shortly.
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