The teleological ethics of Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī / by Ayman Shihadeh.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shihadeh, Ayman.

Series:

Islamic philosophy, theology, and science ; v. 64.

Islamic philosophy, theology and science. Texts and studies ; v. 64

Language:

Arabic

English

Subjects (All):

Rāzī, Fakhr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn ʻUmar, 1149 or 1150-1210.

Rāzī, Fakhr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn ʻUmar.

Rāzī, Fakhr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn ʻUmar, 1149 or 1150-1210. Risālat Dhamm ladhdhāt al-dunyā.

Islamic ethics.

Islamic philosophy.

Physical Description:

280 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden,The Netherlands ; Boston : Brill, 2006.

Language Note:

Text in English; includes the Arabic text of al-Rāzī's Risālat Dhamm ladhdhāt al-dunyā.

Summary:

Using hitherto unstudied sources, this monograph provides a comprehensive interdisciplinary study of the ethical theory of al-R?z?, one of the most complex and influential medieval philosophers and theologians. It reveals remarkable and previously unidentified aspects of ethical thought in Islam.

Contents:

Introduction

Al-Rāzī's theory of action

Al-Rāzī on the ethics of action

Al-Rāzī's perfectionist theory of virtue

Al-Rāzī's later pessimism: commentary on Risālat Dhamm al-ladhdhāt

Appendix: Risālat Dhamm ladhdhāt al-dunyā.

Notes:

Based on the author's doctoral thesis--Oxford University, 2002.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [267]-275) and indexes.

ISBN:

9004149910

OCLC:

68120641

Publisher Number:

9789004149915