RT Book
T1 An Islamic philosophy of virtuous religions: introducing Alfarabi
A1 Parens, Joshua 1961-
LA English
PP Albany
PB State University of New York Press
YR 2006
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/487347404
AB Alfarabi's life and his influence -- Alfarabi's manner of writing -- Overview -- The impossibility of the city in the republic -- Introduction -- Kallipolis as ideal state or totalitarian nightmare? -- The three waves and the problem of possibility -- The first wave -- The second wave -- The digression on war -- The third wave -- The a fortiori argument -- Introduction -- Alfarabi on the republic in the attainment of happiness : educating -- Philosopher-kings, the challenge -- Tension in the "unity of the virtues" : hard vs. soft -- The uneasy peace between prudence and wisdom -- Alfarabi on jihâd -- Introduction -- From îmân vs. kufr to Islâm vs. harb -- Alfarabi's aphorisms on Jihâd -- Aphorisms 67 and 79 -- Aphorisms 11-16 -- Aphorisms 68-76 -- Alfarabi's attainment of happiness on Jihâd -- Challenges to compelling good character -- The multiplicity argument -- Introduction -- The increasing tendency toward conquest and domination -- The task of deliberation : shaping a multiplicity of characters -- The task of theoretical virtue : shaping a multiplicity of opinions -- Religion as an imitation of philosophy -- The limits of knowledge and the problem of realization -- Introduction -- Knowledge and exploitation -- Attainment of happiness -- The philosophy of Aristotle : the limits of our knowledge of final -- Causes -- Certainty and the knowledge of universals and particulars -- The limits of knowledge and the inherent multiplicity of religion.
NO Includes bibliographical references (p. 155-158) and index
CN B753.F34
SN 0-7914-6689-2
SN 978-0-7914-6689-6
K1 Fārābī
K1 Islamic Philosophy
K1 Philosophy, Islamic