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"The papers in this volume were given at a conference held at the Warburg Institute in 2006 to consider the philosophy of al-Farabi alongside other intellectual developments of his time together with a wide range of other figures and traditions from the period. The volume initially focuses on the group of Peripatetics working in Baghdad with al-Farabi's teacher Abu Bishr Matta and his student Yahya ibn 'Adi who worked in the Aristotelian tradition. Other papers look at thinkers working in the Neoplatonic tradition transmitted by al-Kindi's circle, such as al-'Amiri, Ibn Farighun and al-Isfizari. ""The Epistles of the Brethren of Purity"" provide compelling evidence of the fusion of Neoplatonism and Greek science with contemporary Islamic religious thought. Neoplatonic ideas also appear in the symbology of Isma 'ili thought at this time."

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Author:   Peter Adamson
Publisher:   University of London
Imprint:   University of London Press
Volume:   No. 12
ISBN:  

9780854811472

ISBN 10:   0854811478
Pages:   320
Publication Date:   01 October 2008
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Ulrich Rudolph Reflections on al-Farabi's Mabadi' ara' ahl al-madina al-fadila; Deborah L. Black Al-Farabi on Meno's Paradox; Elias Giannakis Anaxagoras in the Baghdad Physics; Carl Ehrig-Eggert Yahya ibn 'Adi on Universals and the Intellect; Dominique Urvoy Abu Bakr al-Razi and Yahya ibn 'Adi; Peter Adamson Platonic Pleasures in Epicurus and al-Razi; P. E. Pormann Medical Methodology and Hospital Practice: The Case of Fourth-/Tenth-Century Baghdad; Lutz Richter-Bernburg Abu Bakr al-Razi and al-Farabi on Medicine and Authority; Daniel De Smet Al-Farabi's Influence on Hamid al-Din al-Kirmani's Theory of Intellect and Soul; Antonella Straface An Esoteric Interpretation of the Basmala in the Kitab Shajarat al-yaqin; Carmela Baffioni Metaphors of Light and the 'Verse of Light' in the Brethren of Purity; Godefroid de Callatay World Cycles and Geological Changes according to the Brethren of Purity; Paul L. Heck Doubts about the Religious Community (Milla) in al-Farabi and the Brethren of Purity; Elvira Wakelnig Philosophical Fragments of al-'Amiri Preserved Mainly in al-Tawhidi, Miskawayh, and in the Texts of the Siwan al-hikma Tradition; David C. Reisman An Obscure Neoplatonist of the Fourth/Tenth Century and the Putative Philoponus Source; Hans Hinrich Biesterfeldt Ibn Farighun on Communication; Marwan Rashed New Evidence on the Critique of the Qur'anic Miracle at the End of the Third/Ninth Century: Qusta ibn Luqa vs. the Banu al-Munajjim Preface and Index.

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