Breaking with Athens Alfarabi as Founder,9780739110164

Breaking with Athens Alfarabi as Founder

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ISBN13: 9780739110164
ISBN10: 0739110160
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2005-02-10
Publisher(s): Lexington Books
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Summary

This unique interpretation of Alfarabi's thought stresses the ways in which the tenth-century Arab philosopher self-consciously broke the metaphysical tradition that began with Plato. By examining Alfarabi's work as more than an extension or continuation of Greek philosophy, Colmo rethinks what medieval philosophy is and challenges almost universal assumptions about the origins of modernity.

Author Biography

Christopher A. Colmo is Professor of Political Science at Dominican University in River Forest, Illinois.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments ix
Introduction 1(3)
Human Action and the Quest for Certainty
4(13)
The Natural and the Voluntary
17(7)
Teleology in an Imperfect World
24(13)
From the Outset
37(18)
Why Philosophy? Alfarabi's Platonic Comedy
55(34)
Theory and Practice in the Book of Religion
89(15)
Alfarabi, Islam, and the Hereafter
104(16)
Neoplatonic Theology
120(11)
Alfarabi's Discourse on Method
131(35)
Conclusion 166(3)
Notes 169(8)
References and Bibliography 177(8)
Index 185(4)
About the Author 189

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