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Author Netton, Ian Richard

Title Al-Fārābī and his school / Ian Richard Netton
Published London ; New York : Routledge, 1992

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 128 pages) : illustrations
Series Arabic thought and culture
Arabic thought and culture.
Contents 1. The age of Fārābism -- 2. The epistemological substrate of Fārābism (i) : the paradigm of the second master -- 3. The epistemological substrate of Fārābism (ii) : in the steps of their master -- 4. Conclusion -- 5. Bibliographical guide
Summary 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 112-120) and index
Notes English
Print version record
Subject Fārābī -- Contributions in theory of knowledge
SUBJECT Farābī Abū-Naṣr Muḥammad Ibn-Muḥammad al- -- Philosophenschule
Farābī Abū-Naṣr Muḥammad Ibn-Muḥammad al- -- Philosophie
Fārābī fast
Farābī, Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad Abū Naṣr al- (0870?-0950) -- Contribution à la théorie de la connaissance. ram
Subject Knowledge, Theory of (Islam)
Islam -- philosophy
Knowledge
PHILOSOPHY -- Eastern.
Knowledge, Theory of
Knowledge, Theory of (Islam)
Kennistheorie.
Islamitische filosofie.
Théorie de la connaissance -- Moyen âge.
Philosophes musulmans -- Moyen âge.
Théorie de la connaissance (islam)
Philosophie islamique.
Genre/Form Electronic books
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 91042233
ISBN 0203980204
9780203980200
1134959818
9781134959815
1280216905
9781280216909
9786610216901
6610216908