Medieval Islamic Philosophical Writings (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Khalidi, Muhammad Ali

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Philosophy in the Islamic world emerged in the ninth century and continued to flourish into the fourteenth century. It was strongly influenced by Greek thought, but Islamic philosophers also developed an original philosophical culture of their own, which had a considerable impact on the subsequent course of Western philosophy. This volume offers new translations of philosophical writings by Farabi, Ibn Sina (Avicenna), Ghazali, Ibn Tufayl, and Ibn Rushd (Averroes). All of the texts presented here were very influential and invite comparison with later works in the Western tradition. They focus on metaphysics and epistemology but also contribute to broader debates concerning the conception of God, the nature of religion, the place of humanity in the universe, and the limits of human reason. A historical and philosophical introduction sets the writings in context and traces their preoccupations and their achievement.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Januar 2005
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780511079054
• Artikelnr.: 38198903

Autorenporträt

Muhammad Ali Khalidi is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the American University of Beirut.

Inhaltsangabe

Farabi, The Book of Letters
Ibn Sina, On the Soul
Ghazali, The Rescuer from Error
Ibn Tufayl, Hayy bi Yaqzan
Ibn Rushd, The Incoherence of the Incoherence.