{"product_id":"al-farabi-founder-of-islamic-neoplatonism-his-life-works-and-influence-9781851683024","title":"Al-Farabi, Founder of Islamic Neoplatonism: His Life, Works and Influence","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe only comprehensive introduction to al-Farabi - the first Islamic philosopher to translate the works of Plato and Aristotle. This new survey from a leading scholar documents the philosopher's life, writings and achievements.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePreface\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1 LIFE AND WORKS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2 AL-FĀRĀBI AND THE GREEK LEGACY\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe genesis of philosophy\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003ePhilosophy and religion\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003ePresocratics, stoics and peripatetics\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003ePlato and his philosophy\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe philosophy of Aristotle\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe harmony of Plato and Aristotle\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e3 THE CLASSIFICATION OF THE SCIENCES\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe interrelation of the sciences\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eLogic and mathematics\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003ePhysics and metaphysics\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eEthics and politics\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe Islamic sciences\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e4 AL-FĀRĀBI AS LOGICIAN\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe logical corpus\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe analysis of logical terms\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe demonstrative art\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eRhetoric and poetics\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e5 THEORY OF KNOWLEDGE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe nature of scientific knowledge\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe various senses of the term ‘intellect’ (‘aql)\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe Active Intellect\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e6 EMANATION VERSUS CREATION\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe Neoplatonic legacy\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe nature of the First Being or the One\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe intellect, as the first emanation\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe heavenly bodies\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe material world\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe human soul and its faculties\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eProphecy and the imaginative faculty\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e7 ETHICAL THEORY\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe attainment of happiness\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe moral virtues and their acquisition\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eEvil and not-being\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eJustice and friendship\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e8 POLITICAL THEORY\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe principles of political association\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe master organ and the master ruler (ra’īs)\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe qualification of the chief ruler (ra’īs)\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe virtuous city\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe non-virtuous cities\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe outgrowths (nawābit) as a hybrid class\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eLawlessness and discord\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003ePolitical justice and religious piety\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe fate of the soul after death\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e9 AL-FĀRĀBI AND MUSIC\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e10 AL-FĀRĀBI IN HISTORY\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe triumph of Neoplatonism\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eAl-Fārābi’s philosophical legacy\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eAl-Ghazāli’s onslaught on Al-Fārābi and Ibn Sīna\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eIbn Bājjah and the Andalusian interlude\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eIbn Rushd (Averroes)\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eNeoplatonism and Sufism\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eAl-Fārābi and the West\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eConclusion\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAppendix\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBibliography\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIndex\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oneworld Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default 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