LEADER 03295oam 2200637I 450 001 9910450056703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-134-95981-8 010 $a1-280-21690-5 010 $a9786610216901 010 $a0-203-98020-4 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203980200 035 $a(CKB)1000000000000499 035 $a(EBL)1122886 035 $a(OCoLC)742294493 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000100975 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11131288 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000100975 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10037693 035 $a(PQKB)10922213 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1122886 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1122886 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10017042 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL21690 035 $a(OCoLC)900478028 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000000499 100 $a20180331d1992 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aAl-Farabi and his school /$fIan Richard Netton 210 1$aLondon ;$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d1992. 215 $a1 online resource (143 p.) 225 1 $aArabic thought and culture 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-7007-1064-7 311 $a0-415-03594-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 112-120) and index. 327 $aCover; AL-FA?RA?BI? AND HIS SCHOOL; Copyright; CONTENTS; FIGURES; PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; 1 THE AGE OF FA?RA?BISM; The Second Master and His Students; Al-Fa?ra?bi? (c. AD 870-950); Yahya? b. 'Adi? (AD 893/4-974); Abu? Sulayma?n al-Sijista?ni? (c. AD 913/4-AD 987/8); Abu? 'l-Hasan Muhammad b. Yusuf al-'A?miri? (d. AD 992); Abu? Hayyan al-Tawhi?di? (c. AD 922-32 to c. AD 1023); Court culture, conviviality and Kala?m; 2 THE EPISTEMOLOGICAL SUBSTRATE OF FA?RA?BISM (i): THE PARADIGM OF THE SECOND MASTER; The Quest for knowledge; Al-Fa?ra?bi? and knowledge 327 $a3 THE EPISTEMOLOGICAL SUBSTRATE OF FA?RA?BISM (ii): IN THE STEPS OF THEIR MASTERThe Elements of Yahya? b. 'Adi?'s Epistemology; Al-Sijista?ni? and Knowledge; Al-'A?miri? and knowledge; Al-Tawhi?di? and knowledge; 4 CONCLUSION; 5 BIBLIOGRAPHICAL GUIDE; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX 330 $aExamines one of the most exciting and dynamic periods in the development of medieval Islam, from the late 9th to the early 11th century, through the thought of five of its principal thinkers, prime among them al-Farabi. This great Islamic philosopher, called 'the Second Master' after Aristotle, produced a recognizable school of thought in which others pursued and developed some of his own intellectual preoccupations. Their thought is treated with particular reference to the most basic questions which can be asked in the theory of knowledge or epistemology. The book thus fills a lacuna in the l 410 0$aArabic thought and culture. 606 $aKnowledge, Theory of (Islam) 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aKnowledge, Theory of (Islam) 676 $a181/.6 700 $aNetton$b Ian Richard.$0614797 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910450056703321 996 $aAl-Farabi and his School$91132811 997 $aUNINA