Packet 1: Bonus 9
Peter Adamson called this thinker “A Man for All Seasons” for at different times writing in support of both Isma‘ili and Twelver theology before founding a scientific center for Hulagu Khan. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this Shia philosopher who wrote in Persian. This polymath drew on Miskawayh, Avicenna, and Al-Farabi in his Ethics for Nasir.
ANSWER: Naṣīr al-Dīn al-Ṭūsī [or Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan al-Ṭūsī]
[10m] In a commentary, al-Ṭūsī objected to al-Rāzī’s claim that this argument implies God’s multiplicity. Avicenna originated this argument, which designates God as the “necessary existent” that is the cause of all contingent things.
ANSWER: Proof of the Truthful [or burhān al-ṣiddīqīn; accept Demonstration of the Truthful or Proof of the Veracious]
[10e] Al-Ṭūsī’s response to al-Rāzī asserts that, for God alone, existence is the same as this idea, which is the intrinsic property that makes an entity what it is. Medieval philosophers debated whether this property must precede existence.
ANSWER: essence [or essentia or māhiyya]
<Editors, Philosophy> | U. Finals 1 (Editors 11)
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
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| 1 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
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| Stanford A | Chicago A | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
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| Main Site | 2026-04-17 | ✓ | 1 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |