Method, structure, and development in al-Farabi's cosmology /

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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Main Author: Janos, Damien.

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.

Subjects:

Farabi.
Islamic cosmology.

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Call Number: B753.F34 J36 2012

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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • Introduction
  • Cosmology, the Sciences, and the Scientific Method
  • The Architecture of the Heavens: Intellects, Souls, and Orbs
  • Matter and Creation: A Shift in Paradigms?
  • The Aporia of Celestial Motion
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix 1
  • Appendix 2
  • Bibliography
  • Index.