The Eudaimonist Ethics Of Al Fārābī And Avicenna

Author : Janne Mattila
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2022-04-25
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9789004506916

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The Eudaimonist Ethics of al-Fārābī and Avicenna by Janne Mattila Pdf

Now available in Open Access thanks to the support of the University of Helsinki. Al-Fārābī and Avicenna are the two most influential authors of the classical period of Arabic philosophy, yet their ethical thought has been largely overlooked by scholars. In this book, Janne Mattila provides the first comprehensive account of the ethics of these important philosophers. The book argues that even if neither of them wrote a major ethical work, their ethical writings form a coherent ethical system, especially when understood in the context of philosophical psychology, cosmology, and metaphysics. The resulting ethical theory is, moreover, not derivative of their classical predecessors in any simple way. The book will appeal to those with interest in Arabic/Islamic philosophy, Islamic intellectual history, classical philosophy, and the history of moral philosophy.

Author : Mağīd Fah̲rī
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1991-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9004093001

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Ethical Theories in Islam by Mağīd Fah̲rī Pdf

This work provides a typology of Islamic ethics, without overlooking the chronological development. Four types of ethical theory are isolated: the scriptural, the theological, the philosophical and the religious. This edition contains extra material from Ibn Sina's writings, translated into English. The book should interest Islamic scholars, philosophers and historians of ethics.

Author : Ian Richard Netton
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0700710647

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Al-Farabi and His School by Ian Richard Netton Pdf

This text examines one of the most exciting and dynamic periods in the development of medieval Islam through the thought of five of its principal thinkers, prime among them al-Farabi for whom the period is named.

Author : Oxford University Press
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2010-05-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780199803903

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Ethics: Oxford Bibliographies Online Research Guide by Oxford University Press Pdf

This ebook is a selective guide designed to help scholars and students of Islamic studies find reliable sources of information by directing them to the best available scholarly materials in whatever form or format they appear from books, chapters, and journal articles to online archives, electronic data sets, and blogs. Written by a leading international authority on the subject, the ebook provides bibliographic information supported by direct recommendations about which sources to consult and editorial commentary to make it clear how the cited sources are interrelated related. A reader will discover, for instance, the most reliable introductions and overviews to the topic, and the most important publications on various areas of scholarly interest within this topic. In Islamic studies, as in other disciplines, researchers at all levels are drowning in potentially useful scholarly information, and this guide has been created as a tool for cutting through that material to find the exact source you need. This ebook is a static version of an article from Oxford Bibliographies Online: Islamic Studies, a dynamic, continuously updated, online resource designed to provide authoritative guidance through scholarship and other materials relevant to the study of the Islamic religion and Muslim cultures. Oxford Bibliographies Online covers most subject disciplines within the social science and humanities, for more information visit www.aboutobo.com.

Author : L E Goodman
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2013-01-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134977802

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Avicenna by L E Goodman Pdf

the philosophers in the West, none, perhaps, is better known by name and less familiar in actual content of his ideas than the medieval Muslim philosopher, physician, minister and naturalist Abu Ali Ibn Sina, known since the days of the scholastics as Avicenna. In this book the author, himself a philosopher, and long known for his studies of Arabic thought, presents a factual account of Avicenna's philosophy. Setting the thinker in the context of his often turbulent times and tracing the roots and influences of Avicenna's ideas, this book offers a factual philosophical portrait. It details Avicenna's account of being as a synthesis between the seemingly irreconcilable extremes of Aristotelian eternalism and the creationism of monotheistic scripture. It examines Avicenna's distinctive theory of knowledge, his ideas about immortality and individuality, including the famous "floating man argument", his contributions to logic, and his probing thoughts on rhetoric and poetics.

Author : Soheil M. Afnan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2015-10-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781317378587

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Avicenna by Soheil M. Afnan Pdf

This book, first published in 1958, examines the life and works of Avicenna, one of the most provocative figures in the history of thought in the East. It shows him in the right historical perspective, as the product of the impact of Greek thought on Islamic teachings against the background of the Persian Renaissance in the tenth century. His attitude can be of guidance to those in the East who are meeting the challenge of Western civilization; and to those in the West who have yet to find a basis on which to harmonize scientific with spiritual values.

Author : Jules L. Janssens,D. De Smet
Publisher : Leuven University Press
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9058672093

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Avicenna and His Heritage by Jules L. Janssens,D. De Smet Pdf

Ibn Sina, known in the West as Avicenna, may be considered to be a major figure of the history of Arabo-Islamic philosophy, medicine and science. His influence was substantial and enduring, not only in the Islamic world, but also in medieval Christian-Latin and Jewish circles. This volume includes contributions of eminent scholars in very different fields of Avicenna's thought and influence. New insights are offered inter alia on the different ways of reception of his philosophy in the Islamic East or, more specifically, in Isma'ili thought, or in the great Shi'ite Iranian thinker, i.e., Mullah Sadra; on a recently--thus far unknown--treatise on ethics; on the phenomenon of pseudepigraphica related to Avicenna; on several innovative ideas in Avicenna's logic, physics, metaphysics and zoology; on the difficult issue of hendyades in the Avicenna Latinus; on Albert the Great's probable knowledge of Avicenna's Preface to the latter's opus magnum; on William of Auvergne's and Duns Scotus' critical use of Avicennian ideas in several aspects of their philosophy; on the significance of Avicenna for such particular doctrines as that of relation in Henry of Ghent or of evil in Thomas of Aquinas; on Avicenna's direct or indirect influence on medieval Jewish philosophy, and, more particularly, on Maimonides; on the place of Avicenna's medical thought in the Arabo-Islamic tradition and on the way it was dealt with in medieval Europe. Herewith, a serious basis is laid for a better understanding of Avicenna's thought and its spread.

Author : G. M. Wickens
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1952
Category : Muslim scientists
ISBN : UCBK:B000917779

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Avicenna: Scientist & Philosopher by G. M. Wickens Pdf

Author : Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad Ṭūsī
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1964
Category : History
ISBN : 9780415610476

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The Nasirean Ethics by Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad Ṭūsī Pdf

The Nasirean Ethics is the best known ethical digest to be composed in medieval Persia. This work is primarily concerned with the criteria of human behaviour: first in terms of space and priority allotted, at the individual level, secondly, at the economic level and thirdly at the political level.

Author : Peter Adamson,Fedor Benevich
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 742 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2023-09-20
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9789004503991

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The Heirs of Avicenna: Philosophy in the Islamic East, 12-13th Centuries by Peter Adamson,Fedor Benevich Pdf

This is the first in a series of sourcebooks charting the reception of Avicenna (Ibn Sīnā, d.1037) in the Islamic East (from Syria to central Asia) in the 12th-13th centuries CE. Avicenna was the dominant philosophical authority in this period, who provoked generations of thinkers to subtle critique, defense, and development of his ideas. The series will translate and analyze hundreds of passages from works by such figures as al-Ghazālī, al-Suhrawardī, Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī, Naṣīr al-Dīn al-Ṭūsī, and many more. This volume focuses especially on issues in metaphysics, dealing with topics like the essence-existence distinction, the problem of universals, free will and determinism, Platonic Forms, good and evil, proofs of God’s existence, and the relationship between philosophy and theology.

Author : Ayman Shihadeh
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2015-09-29
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9789004302532

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Doubts on Avicenna by Ayman Shihadeh Pdf

In Doubts on Avicenna, Ayman Shihadeh offers an extended study and critical edition of Sharaf al-Dīn al-Masʿūdī’s al-Mabāḥith wa-l-Shukūk, a key and hitherto unstudied source for twelfth-century Arabic philosophy. This text inaugurates the long commentarial tradition on Avicenna’s Ishārāt.

Author : Muhammad Abul Quasem
Publisher : Academic Resources Corp
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Religion
ISBN : STANFORD:36105036581630

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The Ethics of Al-Ghazali by Muhammad Abul Quasem Pdf

Author : Avicenna Study Group. Conference
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9789004139602

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Interpreting Avicenna by Avicenna Study Group. Conference Pdf

The work treats various aspects of Avicennan philosophy and science. The topics include methods for establishing an authentic Avicenna corpus, natural philosophy and science, theology and metaphysics and Avicenna's subsequent historical influence.

Author : Ahmed J. Ben Sala
Publisher : tredition
Page : 95 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2024-03-25
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9783384184191

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Averroes: The Philosopher of Two Truths by Ahmed J. Ben Sala Pdf

In "Averroes: The Philosopher of Two Truths," Dr. Ahmed J. Ben Sala embarks on a riveting exploration of the life and legacy of one of history's most profound thinkers. This insightful volume delves deep into Averroes' groundbreaking attempts to reconcile the realms of faith and reason, casting light on his enduring influence across both the Islamic and Western intellectual traditions. Averroes, also known as Ibn Rushd, emerged from the vibrant culture of 12th-century Al-Andalus, where his philosophical endeavors flourished amidst the golden age of Islamic scholarship. Yet, his impact was not confined to the Islamic world alone; his meticulous commentaries on Aristotle reinvigorated European thought, paving the way for the Renaissance and shaping the trajectory of modern philosophy. Dr. Ben Sala guides readers through Averroes' intellectual journey, highlighting his bold assertion that religion and philosophy, rather than being opposing forces, are complementary pathways to understanding the truth. Averroes' conviction that the pursuit of knowledge underpins both the divine and the rational offers a timeless message for bridging cultural and ideological divides. "Averroes: The Philosopher of Two Truths" is more than just a biography; it is a testament to the power of ideas to transcend centuries and civilizations. Dr. Ben Sala's engaging narrative not only honors Averroes' monumental contributions but also invites us to reflect on the role of intellectual courage in fostering a more enlightened and cohesive world. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in the intersections of philosophy, religion, and history, providing a compelling case for the relevance of Averroes' teachings in today's globalized society.

Author : Avicenna
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9789401026246

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The Propositional Logic of Avicenna by Avicenna Pdf

The main purpose of this work is to provide an English translation of and commentary on a recently published Arabic text dealing with con ditional propositions and syllogisms. The text is that of A vicenna (Abu represents his views on the subject as they were held throughout his life.