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Routledgecurzon Al-Farabi and His School



The book examines the thought of five Islamic philosophers who are known as the "Age of Farabism." These philosophers include al-Farabi, Yahya b. Adi, Abu Sulayman al-Sijistani, al-Amiri, and Abu Hayyan al-Tawhidi. The book focuses on their philosophical work and how it differed from other Islamic thinkers of the time. more details
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  • This book looks at the thought of five Islamic philosophers who are known as the "Age of Farabism."
  • These philosophers include al-Farabi, Yahya b. Adi, Abu Sulayman al-Sijistani, al-Amiri, and Abu Hayyan al-Tawhidi.
  • The book focuses on their philosophical work and how it differed from other Islamic thinkers of the time.


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Author Ian Richard Netton
Format Paperback
ISBN 9780700710645
Publisher Routledge Curzan
Manufacturer Routledgecurzon
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The book examines the thought of five Islamic philosophers who are known as the "Age of Farabism." These philosophers include al-Farabi, Yahya b. Adi, Abu Sulayman al-Sijistani, al-Amiri, and Abu Hayyan al-Tawhidi. The book focuses on their philosophical work and how it differed from other Islamic thinkers of the time.

Al-Farabi and His School examines one of the most exciting and dynamic periods in the development of medieval Islam: the period which ran from the late ninth century to the early eleventh century AD. This age is examined through the thought of five of its principal thinkers and named after the first and greatest of these as the "Age of Farabism."

Ian Richard Netton demonstrates that the great Islamic philosopher al-Farabi (870-950), called "the Second Master" after Aristotle, produced a recognizable school of thought. This school of thought, which Netton refers to as the "School of al-Farabi," was influenced by the thought of Plato, Aristotle, and Plotinus. Yet, it was much more than a mere clone of Greek thought. The originality and independence of thought expressed by such adherents as Yahya b. Adi, Abu Sulayman al-Sijistani, al-Amiri and Abu Hayyan al-Tawhidi is described, appreciated, and critically assessed in this volume, with an emphasis given to the fundamentals of epistemology. Al-Farabi and His School is unique in its examination of the intellectual continuity that was maintained in an age of flux, and its particular emphasis on the ethical dimensions of knowledge.
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