Method, structure, and development in al-Farabi's cosmology /
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...
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Format: eBook
Language: English
Published:
Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2012.
Series:
Islamic Philosophy, Theology and Science. Texts and Studies
85.
Middle East and Islamic Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2012, ISBN: 9789004223295.
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Call Number: B753.F34 J36 2012
| Summary: | 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. |
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| Item Description: | Based on the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--McGill University, 2009. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiv, 433 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789004217324 |
| ISSN: | 0169-8729 ; |
| Access: | Available to subscribing member institutions only. |