Research Catalog

Title

Al-Fārābi : founder of Islamic Neoplatonism : his life, works and influence / Majid Fakhry.

Author

Fakhry, Majid

Publication

Oxford : Oneworld, c2002.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Description

viii, 168 p.; 23 cm.

Summary

"A distinguished philosopher, a sophisticated scientist and a talented musician: the many achievements of the tenth-century Islamic thinker al-Farabi are carefully documented in this substantial new introduction to his life and works." "Credited with introducing Neoplatonism to the Muslim world, al-Farabi is also acknowledged as the first great system builder of Islamic philosophy. His pivotal influence, not only on Islamic thought but also on western philosophy generally, is reflected in this stimulating study, which includes a survey of al-Farabi's influences on such major figures as al-Ghazali, Ibn Sina and Moses Maimonides."--BOOK JACKET.

Series Statement

Great Islamic thinkers

Uniform Title

Great Islamic thinkers

Subject

• Fārābī
• Muslim philosophers > Biography
• Muslim theologians > Biography
• Islamic philosophy > History
• Neoplatonism > History
• Knowledge, Theory of (Islam)

Genre/Form

• Biographies
• History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [161]-165) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Life and works -- Al-Fārābi and the Greek legacy -- The classification of the sciences -- Al-Fārābi as logician -- Theory of knowledge -- Emanation versus creation -- Ethical theory -- Political theory -- Al-Fārābi and music -- Al-Fārābi in history.

ISBN

185168302X

OCLC

• 49784733
• SCSB-11952443

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library