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The Philosophical Works of al-Kindi ISBN 13: 9780199062805

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ISBN 10: 0199062803 ISBN 13: 9780199062805
Casa editrice: OUP Pakistan, 2012

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This volume presents the philosophical writings of al-Kindī, known as the 'Philosopher of the Arabs'. Acknowledged as the first philosopher of the Arabic tradition, al-Kindī helped usher the ideas of Greek thinkers and scientists into the vibrant context of the Islamic culture of his day. He was deeply involved in the translation and reception of such thinkers as Socrates, Aristotle, Plotinus, and Euclid. Drawing on this Hellenic heritage, he...

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L'autore

Peter E. Pormann is Professor of Classics and Graeco-Arabic Studies at the University of Manchester. After studying Classics, Islamic Studies, and French at Paris (Sorbonne), Hamburg, Tübingen, Leiden, and Oxford (Corpus Christi College), he obtained his D.?Phil. with a thesis on Paul of Aegina's Pragmateía (or medical handbook). He previously held research fellowships at Merton College, Oxford; the Warburg Institute, London; and Warwick (Wellcome Trust University Award. Peter Adamson...

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Contenuti

  • Preface
  • Notes on Abbreviations, Usage, Transliteration
  • Introduction
  • Biography and Work Lists [Biogr.]
  • Section One: God and Eternity
  • On First Philosophy [First Phil.]
  • Three Texts against the Infinity of the World [Against Infinity]
  • On the True Agent [True Agent]
  • Against the Trinity [Against Trinity]
  • Section Two: The Soul and the Mind
  • On the Intellect [Intellect]
  • On Recollection [Recollection]
  • That There Are Incorporeal Substances [Incorp. Subst.]
  • Discourse on the Soul...
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