Al-Farabi and his school / / Ian Richard Netton

• Autore: Netton Ian Richard
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1992
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (143 p.)
• Disciplina: 181/.6
• Soggetto topico: Knowledge, Theory of (Islam)
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 112-120) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Al-Farabi and his School
• ISBN: 1-134-95980-X; 1-134-95981-8; 1-280-21690-5; 9786610216901; 0-203-98020-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910812683903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Arabic thought and culture.