The Importance of Early Mortazalism

Abu Uvel and An Nadam did not engage carefully with the legacy of Greek philosophy, though some have suggested possible Hellenic sources such as the Stoics. Their project was more akin to that of the more rationalist church fathers like Origen or Augustine in some of his moods. But it would be a mistake to reduce Mortazalism to a mere echo of Christian theology or Greek philosophy. In fact, the direction of influence is at least as much the other way.