Method, structure, and development in al-Fārābi's cosmology / by Damien Janos.
This study—the first monograph devoted exclusively to al-Fārābī’s cosmology—provides a new interpretation of this thinker’s philosophical development through an analysis of the Greek and Arabic sources and a contextualization of his life and thought in the cultural and intellectual milieu of his tim...
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| Superior document: | Islamic philosophy, theology, and science, v. 85 |
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| Year of Publication: | 2012 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Islamic philosophy, theology, and science ;
v. 85. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (447 p.) |
| Notes: | Based on the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--McGill University, 2009. |
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| Summary: | This study—the first monograph devoted exclusively to al-Fārābī’s cosmology—provides a new interpretation of this thinker’s philosophical development through an analysis of the Greek and Arabic sources and a contextualization of his life and thought in the cultural and intellectual milieu of his time. It discusses key cosmological and metaphysical concepts articulated in his works, with a special focus on celestial causation, intellection, and motion. This book also examines al-Fārābī’s cosmological method and particularly the connection between astronomy, physics, and metaphysics. The result is a reassessment of al-Fārābī’s cosmology vis-à-vis late-antique Greek philosophical trends and a clearer understanding of how it creatively adapted and transformed this legacy to establish a new cosmological paradigm in Arabic thought. |
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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 1280126647 9786613530509 9004217320 |
| ISSN: | 0169-8729 ; |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | by Damien Janos. |