Breaking with Athens : Alfarabi as founder / Christopher A. Colmo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Colmo, Christopher A., 1948-

Series:

Applications of political theory

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fārābī.

Physical Description:

x, 189 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, [2005]

Summary:

This unique interpretation of Alfarabi's thought stresses the ways in which the tenth-century Arab philosopher self-consciously broke the metaphysical tradition that began with Plato. By examining Alfarabi's work as more than an extension or continuation of Greek philosophy, Colmo rethinks what medieval philosophy is and challenges almost universal assumptions about the origins of modernity.

Contents:

Human action and the quest for certainty

The natural and the voluntary

Teleology in an imperfect world

From the outset

Why philosophy? Alfarabi's platonic comedy

Theory and practice in the book of religion

Alfarabi, Islam, and the hereafter

Neoplatonic theology

Alfarabi's discourse on method.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-184) and index.

ISBN:

0739110152

0739110160

OCLC:

57134419