03295oam 2200637I 450 991045005670332120200520144314.01-134-95981-81-280-21690-597866102169010-203-98020-410.4324/9780203980200 (CKB)1000000000000499(EBL)1122886(OCoLC)742294493(SSID)ssj0000100975(PQKBManifestationID)11131288(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000100975(PQKBWorkID)10037693(PQKB)10922213(MiAaPQ)EBC1122886(Au-PeEL)EBL1122886(CaPaEBR)ebr10017042(CaONFJC)MIL21690(OCoLC)900478028(EXLCZ)99100000000000049920180331d1992 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAl-Farabi and his school /Ian Richard NettonLondon ;New York :Routledge,1992.1 online resource (143 p.)Arabic thought and cultureDescription based upon print version of record.0-7007-1064-7 0-415-03594-5 Includes bibliographical references (p. 112-120) and index.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 knowledge3 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; INDEXExamines 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 lArabic thought and culture.Knowledge, Theory of (Islam)Electronic books.Knowledge, Theory of (Islam)181/.6Netton Ian Richard.614797MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910450056703321Al-Farabi and his School1132811UNINA