Peter Adamson

Studies on Early Arabic Philosophy

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Produktbeschreibung

Philosophy in the Islamic world from the 9th to 11th centuries was characterized by an engagement with Greek philosophical works in Arabic translation. This volume collects papers on both the Greek philosophers in their new Arabic guise, and on reactions to the translation movement in the period leading up to Avicenna.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 344
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Dezember 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 463g
• ISBN-13: 9780367879266
• ISBN-10: 0367879263
• Artikelnr.: 69892335

Autorenporträt

Peter Adamson is Professor for Late Antique and Arabic Philosophy at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitÿt, Germany.

Inhaltsangabe

RECEPTION OF GREEK PHILOSOPHY, I Arabic philosophy and theology before
Avicenna II Aristotle in the Arabic commentary tradition III The last
philosophers of late antiquity in the Arabic tradition GALEN AND AL-RAZI IV
Galen and al-Razi on time V Galen on void VI Platonic pleasures in Epicurus
and al-RazT VII Abu Bakr al-Razi on animals THE BAGHDAD SCHOOL VIII The
Arabic sea battle: al-Farabi on the problem of future contingents IX
Knowledge of universals and particulars in the Baghdad school X Yal;iya ibn
'AdI and Averroes on Metaphysics Alpha Elatton XI On knowledge of
particulars XII Avicenna and his commentators on human and divine
self-intellection XIII From the necessary existent to God