The eudaimonist ethics of al-Fārābī and Avicenna /

The eudaimonist ethics of al-Fārābī and Avicenna /

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Author / Creator:	Mattila, Janne, author.
Imprint:	Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2022]
Description:	vi, 247 pages ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Islamic philosophy, theology and science, 0169-8729 ; volume 116 Islamic philosophy, theology, and science ; v. 116.
Subject:	Fārābī -- Criticism and interpretation. Avicenna, -- 980-1037 -- Criticism and interpretation. Avicenna, -- 980-1037. Fārābī Islamic ethics. Islamic philosophy. Islamic ethics. Islamic philosophy. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12794653

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ISBN:	9789004506473 9004506470 9789004506916
Language / Script:	Current Copyright Fee: GBP22.50 0.
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-232) and indexes.
Summary:	"Al-Fārābī and Avicenna are the two most influential authors of the classical period of Arabic philosophy, yet their ethical thought has been largely overlooked by scholars. In this book, Janne Mattila provides the first comprehensive account of the ethics of these important philosophers. The book argues that even if neither of them wrote a major ethical work, their ethical writings form a coherent ethical system, especially when understood in the context of philosophical psychology, cosmology, and metaphysics. The resulting ethical theory is, moreover, not derivative of their classical predecessors in any simple way. The book will appeal to those with interest in Arabic/Islamic philosophy, Islamic intellectual history, classical philosophy, and the history of moral philosophy"--
Other form:	Online version: Mattila, Janne. Eudaimonist ethics of al-Fārābī and Avicenna Boston : Brill, 2022 9789004506916

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Summary:	Now available in Open Access thanks to the support of the University of Helsinki. <br> <br> Al-Fārābī and Avicenna are the two most influential authors of the classical period of Arabic philosophy, yet their ethical thought has been largely overlooked by scholars. In this book, Janne Mattila provides the first comprehensive account of the ethics of these important philosophers. The book argues that even if neither of them wrote a major ethical work, their ethical writings form a coherent ethical system, especially when understood in the context of philosophical psychology, cosmology, and metaphysics. The resulting ethical theory is, moreover, not derivative of their classical predecessors in any simple way. The book will appeal to those with interest in Arabic/Islamic philosophy, Islamic intellectual history, classical philosophy, and the history of moral philosophy.
Physical Description:	vi, 247 pages ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-232) and indexes.
ISBN:	9789004506473 9004506470 9789004506916
ISSN:	0169-8729 ;