Isaac Israeli : a neoplatonic philosopher of the early tenth century : his works translated with comments and an outline of his philosophy /

Isaac Israeli : a neoplatonic philosopher of the early tenth century : his works translated with comments and an outline of his philosophy /

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Main Author: Israeli, Isaac, approximately 832-approximately 932 (Author)

Other Authors: Altmann, Alexander, 1906-, Stern, S. M. 1920-1969.

Format: Book

Language: English
Arabic

Edition: University of Chicago Press edtion.

Subjects:

Israeli, Isaac, > approximately 832-approximately 932.
Jewish philosophy.
Philosophy, Medieval.

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Call Number: B759 .I82 E5 2009

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Table of Contents:
  • Texts with comments
  • The book of definitions : preliminary note, translation, and comments (by S.M. Stern)
  • The book of substances : preliminary note, translation, and comments (by S.M. Stern)
  • The book on spirit and soul : preliminary note, translation, and comments (by S.M. Stern)
  • The Mantua text : preliminary note, translation, and comments (by A. Altmann)
  • An excerpt from the book on the elements : preliminary note, translation, and comments (by A. Altmann)
  • The philosophy of Isaac Israeli (by A. Altmann)
  • The downward way
  • The creator
  • First matter and first form (wisdom)
  • intellect
  • The three souls
  • nature
  • Creation, emanation, and natural causality
  • The elements and composite substances
  • The upward way
  • Purification
  • Illumination
  • Union
  • The role of philosophy
  • The role of prophecy.