Method, structure, and development in al-Fārābi's cosmology [[electronic resource] /] / by Damien Janos

• Autore: Janos Damien
• Pubblicazione: Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (447 p.)
• Disciplina: 181/.6
• Soggetto topico: Islamic cosmology
• Note generali: Based on the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--McGill University, 2009.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- Cosmology, the Sciences, and the Scientific Method -- The Architecture of the Heavens: Intellects, Souls, and Orbs -- Matter and Creation: A Shift in Paradigms? -- The Aporia of Celestial Motion -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1 -- Appendix 2 -- Bibliography -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: This study—the first monograph devoted exclusively to al-Fārābī’s cosmology—provides a new interpretation of this thinker’s philosophical development through an analysis of the Greek and Arabic sources and a contextualization of his life and thought in the cultural and intellectual milieu of his time. It discusses key cosmological and metaphysical concepts articulated in his works, with a special focus on celestial causation, intellection, and motion. This book also examines al-Fārābī’s cosmological method and particularly the connection between astronomy, physics, and metaphysics. The result is a reassessment of al-Fārābī’s cosmology vis-à-vis late-antique Greek philosophical trends and a clearer understanding of how it creatively adapted and transformed this legacy to establish a new cosmological paradigm in Arabic thought.
• Titolo autorizzato: Method, structure, and development in al-Fārābi's cosmology
• ISBN: 1-280-12664-7; 9786613530509; 90-04-21732-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910790167103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Islamic philosophy, theology, and science ; ; v. 85.