The Arabic Plotinus : a philosophical study of the Theology of Aristotle /
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| Author / Creator: | Adamson, Peter. |
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| Imprint: | London : Duckworth, 2002. |
| Description: | ix, 240 p. ; 25 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4840392 |
Table of Contents:
- 1. The Arabic Plotinus Texts and their Origin
- 1.1. The Arabic Plotinus corpus
- 1.2. The origins of AP
- 1.3. Other texts related to AP
- 2. The Prologue and the "Headings"
- 2.1. The Prologue
- 2.2. The "Headings"
- 3. Psychology and Ethics
- 3.1. Aristotelian influence on the Adaptor's theory of soul
- 3.2. Ethical views in AP
- 4. Language and Epistemology
- 4.1. Strategies of predication
- 4.2. Learned ignorance
- 5. Theology and Metaphysics
- 5.1. Divine predication
- 5.2. God and being
- 5.3. Creation
- 5.4. The Adaptor's sources
- Conclusion: The Outlook and Identity of the Adaptor
- App.: Al-Kindi and the Arabic Plotinus
- App. 1: Al-Kindi's method and the unity of his corpus
- App. 2: Metaphysics and theology
- App. 3: Psychology
- App. 4: Astrology
- App. 5: Conclusion.
