Al-Farabi was a renowned philosopher and jurist whose work spanned political philosophy, metaphysics, ethics, and logic. He was also a scientist, cosmologist, mathematician, and music scholar. Revered in Arabic philosophical tradition as "the Second Master" after Aristotle, he is credited with preserving original Greek texts through his commentaries and treatises during the Middle Ages. His extensive influence extended to many prominent philosophers, making his work known and respected in both the East and the West.
This long-awaited reissue of the 1969 Cornell edition of Alfarabi's Philosophy of Plato and Aristotle contains Muhsin Mahdi's substantial original introduction and a new foreword by Charles E. Butterworth and Thomas L. Pangle. The three parts of the...
Alfarabi (ca. 870-950) founded the great tradition of Aristotelian/Platonic political philosophy in medieval Islamic and Arabic culture. In this second volume of political writings, Charles E. Butterworth presents translations of Alfarabi's Political Regime and Summary of Plato's Laws, accompanied by introductions that discuss the background...
Al-Farabi (870-950) war ein bedeutender arabischer Philosoph, der islamische und griechische Philosophie verband. Seine Schrift „Über die Wissenschaften“ beschreibt die Wissenschaften seiner Zeit und definiert das Verhältnis von Glauben und Wissen neu. Diese Ausgabe bietet erstmals eine deutsche Übersetzung und eine kritische Edition des lateinischen Textes.