عنوان

An Islamic philosophy of virtuous religions :introducing Alfarabi

Title Proper

An Islamic philosophy of virtuous religions :introducing Alfarabi

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Albany

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

State University of New York Press

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references )p. 155-158( and index

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Joshua Parens

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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 jih?ad -- From ?im?an vs. kufr to Isl?am vs. harb -- Alfarabi's Aphorisms on Jih?ad -- Aphorisms 76 and 97 -- Aphorisms 11-61 -- Aphorisms 86-67 -- Alfarabi's Attainment of happiness on Jih?ad -- 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

Entry Element

، F?ar?ab?i

Entry Element

، Islamic philosophy

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Dates

1691-

Entry Element

Parens, Joshua

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AU

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