Format:
IX, 170 S.
,
24 cm
ISBN:
0791466892
,
9780791466896
Content:
Alfarabi's life and his influence -- Alfarabi's manner of writing -- Overview -- The impossibility of the city in the republic -- Introduction -- Kallipolis as ideal state or totalitarian nightmare? -- The three waves and the problem of possibility -- The first wave -- The second wave -- The digression on war -- The third wave -- The a fortiori argument -- Introduction -- Alfarabi on the republic in the attainment of happiness : educating -- Philosopher-kings, the challenge -- Tension in the "unity of the virtues" : hard vs. soft -- The uneasy peace between prudence and wisdom -- Alfarabi on jihâd -- Introduction -- From îmân vs. kufr to Islâm vs. harb -- Alfarabi's aphorisms on Jihâd -- Aphorisms 67 and 79 -- Aphorisms 11-16 -- Aphorisms 68-76 -- Alfarabi's attainment of happiness on Jihâd -- Challenges to compelling good character -- The multiplicity argument -- Introduction -- The increasing tendency toward conquest and domination -- The task of deliberation : shaping a multiplicity of characters -- The task of theoretical virtue : shaping a multiplicity of opinions -- Religion as an imitation of philosophy -- The limits of knowledge and the problem of realization -- Introduction -- Knowledge and exploitation -- Attainment of happiness -- The philosophy of Aristotle : the limits of our knowledge of final -- Causes -- Certainty and the knowledge of universals and particulars -- The limits of knowledge and the inherent multiplicity of religion.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 155-158) and index
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Introduction -- Alfarabi's life and his influence -- Alfarabi's manner of writing -- Overview -- The impossibility of the city in the Republic -- Kallipolis as ideal state or totalitarian nightmare? -- The three waves and the problem of possibility -- The first wave -- The second wave -- The digression on war -- The third wave -- The a fortiori argument -- Alfarabi on the Republic in the Attainment of happiness : educating philosopher-kings to rule the inhabited world, the challenge -- Tension in the "unity of the virtues" : hard vs. soft -- The uneasy peace between prudence and wisdom -- Alfarabi on jihâd -- From îmân vs. kufr to Islâm vs. harb -- Alfarabi's Aphorisms on Jihâd -- Aphorisms 67 and 79 -- Aphorisms 11-16 -- Aphorisms 68-76 -- Alfarabi's Attainment of happiness on Jihâd -- Challenges to compelling good character -- The multiplicity argument -- The increasing tendency toward conquest and domination -- The task of deliberation : shaping a multiplicity of characters -- The task of theoretical virtue : shaping a multiplicity of opinions -- Religion as an imitation of philosophy -- The limits of knowledge and the problem of realization -- Knowledge and exploitation -- Attainment of happiness -- The Philosophy of Aristotle : the limits of our knowledge of final causes -- Certainty and the knowledge of universals and particulars -- The limits of knowledge and the inherent multiplicity of religion
Language:
English
Subjects:
Philosophy
Keywords:
Fārābī, Abū-Naṣr Muḥammad Ibn-Muḥammad al- 873-950
;
Islamische Philosophie
;
Fārābī, Abū-Naṣr Muḥammad Ibn-Muḥammad al- 873-950
;
Islam
;
Philosophie
URL:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0512/2005014014.html
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