Al-Fārābī and his school / Ian Richard Netton.

By:

Netton, Ian Richard

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Arabic thought and culturePublication details: London ; New York : Routledge, 1992.Description: 1 online resource (xii, 128 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

0203980204
9780203980200
1134959818
9781134959815
1280216905
9781280216909
9786610216901
6610216908

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Al-Fārābī and his school.DDC classification:

181/.6 20

LOC classification:

B745.K53 N48 1992eb

Other classification:

08.10

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Contents:

1. The age of Fārābism -- 2. The epistemological substrate of Fārābism (i) : the paradigm of the second master -- 3. The epistemological substrate of Fārābism (ii) : in the steps of their master -- 4. Conclusion -- 5. Bibliographical guide.

Summary: Examines one of the most exciting and dynamic periods in the development of medieval Islam, from the late 9th to the early 11th century, through the thought of five of its principal thinkers, prime among them al-Farabi. This great Islamic philosopher, called 'the Second Master' after Aristotle, produced a recognizable school of thought in which others pursued and developed some of his own intellectual preoccupations. Their thought is treated with particular reference to the most basic questions which can be asked in the theory of knowledge or epistemology. The book thus fills a lacuna in the l.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 112-120) and index.

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Examines one of the most exciting and dynamic periods in the development of medieval Islam, from the late 9th to the early 11th century, through the thought of five of its principal thinkers, prime among them al-Farabi. This great Islamic philosopher, called 'the Second Master' after Aristotle, produced a recognizable school of thought in which others pursued and developed some of his own intellectual preoccupations. Their thought is treated with particular reference to the most basic questions which can be asked in the theory of knowledge or epistemology. The book thus fills a lacuna in the l.

English.

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