Al-Farabi and His SchoolPsychology Press, 1999 - 128 pages Al-Farabi and His School examines one of the most exciting and dynamic periods in the development of medieval Islam: the period which ran from the late ninth century to the early eleventh century AD. This age is examined through the thought of five of its principal thinkers and named after the first and greatest of these as the "Age of Farabism." Ian Richard Netton demonstrates that the great Islamic philosopher al-Farabi (870-950), called "the Second Master" after Aristotle, produced a recognizable school of thought. This school of thought, which Netton refers to as the "School of al-Farabi," was influenced by the thought of Plato, Aristotle, and Plotinus. Yet, it was much more than a mere clone of Greek thought. The originality and independence of thought expressed by such adherents as Yahya b. Adi, Abu Sulayman al-Sijistani, al-Amiri and Abu Hayyan al-Tawhidi is described, appreciated, and critically assessed in this volume, with an emphasis given to the fundamentals of epistemology. Al-Farabi and His School is unique in its examination of the intellectual continuity that was maintained in an age of flux, and its particular emphasis on the ethical dimensions of knowledge. -- Back cover. |
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V | 4 |
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X | 18 |
XI | 31 |
XIX | 62 |
XX | 71 |
XXI | 76 |
XXII | 83 |
XXIII | 88 |
XXIV | 91 |
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Abū Ḥayyan Abū Sulayman Abû Sulaymân As-Sijistânî Active Intellect Afterlife al-'Amiri al-'Ilm Al-Farabi al-Imta al-Islām al-Kindi al-Mutanabbi Al-Rabe al-Sijistāni Al-Takriti al-Tawhidi Allāh Allah Transcendent Arabic Arabic text Aristotelian Aristotle aspects Badawi Baghdad Barmakids Book of Pleasure Bosworth Brethren of Purity Buyid Caliph chapter classification clearly court culture dimension division Dunlop El² emanation Endress English summary epistemology Epistle ethics example Fakhry Farabi Farabian Farābism French introd Greek Histoire History of Islamic Humanism ibid Ibn Sa'dan Ikhwan Ikhwan al-Şafa Intellect al-Aql Islamic Philosophy Jadaane Kitāb al-Amad Knowledge Triumphant Kraemer ledge logic Maqāla medieval Islam Metaphysics Muḥammad Muntakhab Muslim Philosophers Neoplatonic Netton noted paradigm Perfect Philosophie en Islam Plato Pleasure and Conviviality political primary Rasa'il referred Renaissance of Islam Rosenthal Rowson Samir Sayf al-Dawla scholars Sciences Shi'ism Sijistāni stress survey Tawhidi theology things thinkers thought trans translation virtue Walzer wazir Yaḥyā Yahya Ibn Adi