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211 The Philosophical BackgroundIn Ulrich Rudolph (ed.), Abū Naṣr Al-Fārābī: Die Prinzipien der Ansichten der Bewohner der Vortrefflichen Stadt, De Gruyter. pp. 163-176. 2022.
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2Studies on early Arabic philosophyAshgate. 2015.Philosophy in the Islamic world from the 9th to 11th centuries was characterized by an engagement with Greek philosophical works in Arabic translation. This volume collects papers on both the Greek philosophers in their new Arabic guise, and on reactions to the translation movement in the period leading up to Avicenna.
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2Philosophy in the Islamic World: A History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps, Volume 3Oxford University Press UK. 2016.Peter Adamson presents the first full history of philosophy in the Islamic world for a broad readership. He traces its development from early Islam to the 20th century, ranging from Spain to South Asia, featuring Jewish and Christian thinkers as well as Muslim. Major figures like Avicenna, Averroes, and Maimonides are covered in great detail, but the book also looks at less familiar thinkers, including women philosophers. Attention is also given to the philosophical relevance of Islamic theology…Read more
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2Al-Kindi and the reception of Greek philosophyIn Peter Adamson & Richard C. Taylor (eds.), The Cambridge Companion to Arabic Philosophy, Cambridge University Press. pp. 32--51. 2005.
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1Philosophy in the Hellenistic and Roman Worlds: A History of Philosophy Wthout Any Gaps, Volume 2Oxford University Press UK. 2015.Peter Adamson offers an accessible, humorous tour through a period of eight hundred years when some of the most influential of all schools of thought were formed. He introduces us to Cynics and Skeptics, Epicureans and Stoics, emperors and slaves, and traces the development of early Christian philosophy and of ancient science. A major theme of the book is in fact the competition between pagan and Christian philosophy in this period, and the Jewish tradition appears in the shape of Philo of Alexa…Read more
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1Fakhr al-Dīn al Rāzī on voidIn Abdelkader Al Ghouz (ed.), Islamic philosophy from the 12th to the 14th century, Bonn University Press. 2018.
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1Proclus’ LegacyIn Pieter D'Hoine & Marije Martijn (eds.), All From One: A Guide to Proclus, Oxford University Press Uk. 2016.This last chapter presents highlights from the history of the reception of Proclus’ thought. It starts with the reception in late antiquity and the Middle Ages, and subsequently discusses Renaissance and modernity. For the Greek tradition, the authors show how Damascius and pseudo-Dionysius adopt and adapt Proclus’ thought, and briefly touch on a Byzantine critic of Proclus: Nicholas of Methone. For the Arabic reception the authors show how the Discourse on the Pure Good adjusts Proclean metaphy…Read more
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Plotinus on AstrologyIn Brad Inwood (ed.), Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy Xxxv: Winter 2008, Oxford University Press. 2008.
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Yahyá ibn 'Adi and Averroes on «Metaphysics» Alpha Elatton'Documenti E Studi Sulla Tradizione Filosofica Medievale 21 343-374. 2010.L'A. confronta due commenti su quello che nel mondo arabo viene considerato il primo libro della Metaphysica di Aristotele: alpha Elatton. Dopo averne delineato i contenuti e la penetrazione nel mondo arabo grazie alle traduzioni di Ustat e Ishaq ibn Hunayn, l'A. esamina due importanti commenti a quest'opera: Yahyá Ibn 'Adi, un commentatore cristiano della scuola di Baghdad e Averroè . I due autori leggono il testo in modo molto diverso: questo suggerisce una grande differenza tra Averroè e la s…Read more
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Freedom, providence and fateIn Svetla Slaveva-Griffin & Pauliina Remes (eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Neoplatonism, Routledge. 2014.
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Platonic pleasures in Epicurus and al-RāzīIn Peter Adamson (ed.), In the Age of Al-Fārābī: Arabic Philosophy in the Fourth-Tenth Century, Warburg Institute. pp. 71--97. 2008.
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Averroes on divine causationIn Peter Adamson & Matteo Di Giovanni (eds.), Interpreting Averroes: Critical Essays, Cambridge University Press. 2018.
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