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An Islamic philosophy of virtuous religions : introducing Alfarabi /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Parens, Joshua, 1961-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Albany : State University of New York Press, [2006]
Subjects:
Fārābī.
Islamic philosophy.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Alfarabi's life and his influence
  • Alfarabi's manner of writing
  • Overview
  • The impossibility of the city in the Republic
  • 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
  • Alfarabi on the Republic in the Attainment of happiness : educating philosopher-kings to rule the inhabited world, the challenge
  • Tension in the "unity of the virtues" : hard vs. soft
  • The uneasy peace between prudence and wisdom
  • Alfarabi on jihâd
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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.