Publisher description: Philosophy written in Arabic and in the Islamic world represents one of the great traditions of Western philosophy. Inspired by Greek philosophical works and the indigenous ideas of Islamic theology, Arabic philosophers from the ninth century onwards put forward ideas of great...

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Format:	Buch
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2005
Ausgabe:	1. publ.
Schriftenreihe:	Cambridge companions to philosophy
Schlagworte:	Islamitische filosofie Philosophie arabe aPhilosophy, Arab Islamische Philosophie Aufsatzsammlung
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Zusammenfassung:	Publisher description: Philosophy written in Arabic and in the Islamic world represents one of the great traditions of Western philosophy. Inspired by Greek philosophical works and the indigenous ideas of Islamic theology, Arabic philosophers from the ninth century onwards put forward ideas of great philosophical and historical importance. This collection of essays, by some of the leading scholars in Arabic philosophy, provides an introduction to the field by way of chapters devoted to individual thinkers (such as al-Farabi, Avicenna and Averroes) or groups, especially during the 'classical' period from the ninth to the twelfth centuries. It also includes chapters on areas of philosophical inquiry across the tradition, such as ethics and metaphysics. Finally, it includes chapters on later Islamic thought, and on the connections between Arabic philosophy and Greek, Jewish, and Latin philosophy. The volume also includes a useful bibliography and a chronology of the most important Arabic thinkers.
Beschreibung:	Hier auch später erschienene, unveränderte Nachdrucke
Beschreibung:	XVIII, 448 Seiten
ISBN:	0521817439 052152069x 9780521520690