Al-Farabi and his school / Ian Richard Netton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Netton, Ian Richard.

Series:

Arabic thought and culture.

Arabic thought and culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fārābī--Contributions in theory of knowledge.

Fārābī.

Knowledge, Theory of (Islam).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (143 p.)

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1992.

Language Note:

English

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

Contents:

Cover; AL-FĀRĀBĪ AND HIS SCHOOL; Copyright; CONTENTS; FIGURES; PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; 1 THE AGE OF FĀRĀBISM; The Second Master and His Students; Al-Fārābī (c. AD 870-950); Yahyā b. 'Adī (AD 893/4-974); Abū Sulaymān al-Sijistānī (c. AD 913/4-AD 987/8); Abū 'l-Hasan Muhammad b. Yusuf al-'Āmirī (d. AD 992); Abū Hayyan al-Tawhīdī (c. AD 922-32 to c. AD 1023); Court culture, conviviality and Kalām; 2 THE EPISTEMOLOGICAL SUBSTRATE OF FĀRĀBISM (i): THE PARADIGM OF THE SECOND MASTER; The Quest for knowledge; Al-Fārābī and knowledge

3 THE EPISTEMOLOGICAL SUBSTRATE OF FĀRĀBISM (ii): IN THE STEPS OF THEIR MASTERThe Elements of Yahyā b. 'Adī's Epistemology; Al-Sijistānī and Knowledge; Al-'Āmirī and knowledge; Al-Tawhīdī and knowledge; 4 CONCLUSION; 5 BIBLIOGRAPHICAL GUIDE; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

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

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ISBN:

1-134-95980-X

1-134-95981-8

1-280-21690-5

9786610216901

0-203-98020-4

9780203980200

OCLC:

742294493