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14Proclus' Commentary on the Cratylus in Context. Ancient Theories of Language and MeaningInternational Journal of the Platonic Tradition 3 (2): 161-164. 2009.
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47The Philosophical Works of Al-Kindi (edited book)Oup Pakistan. 2012.Al-Kindī, honoured as the 'philosopher of the Arabs', was the first philosopher of Islam. His pioneer philosophical writings engage with ideas that became available through the Graeco-Arabic translation movement. This volume makes his entire philosophical output-some two dozen works-available in English, most of them for the first time. An overall introduction, introductions to each work and extensive notes explain al-Kindī's ideas, sources, and influence
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27Culture and Philosophy in the Age of PlotinusInternational Journal of the Platonic Tradition 2 (1): 79-81. 2008.
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61The Cambridge Companion to Arabic Philosophy (edited book)Cambridge University Press. 2004.Philosophy written in Arabic and in the Islamic world represents one of the great traditions of Western philosophy. Inspired by Greek philosophical works and the indigenous ideas of Islamic theology, Arabic philosophers from the ninth century onwards put forward ideas of great philosophical and historical importance. This collection of essays, by some of the leading scholars in Arabic philosophy, provides an introduction to the field by way of chapters devoted to individual thinkers or groups, e…Read more
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26Al-Kindī, Abū Yūsuf Yaʿqūb ibn IsḥāqIn H. Lagerlund (ed.), Encyclopedia of Medieval Philosophy, Springer. pp. 672--676. 2011.
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52Al-KindiStanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. 2008.Al-Kindi was the first philosopher of the Islamic world. He lived in Iraq and studied in Baghdad, where he became attached to the caliphal court. In due course he would become an important figure at court: a tutor to the caliph's son, and a central figure in the translation movement of the ninth century, which rendered much of Greek philosophy, science, and medicine into Arabic. Al-Kindi's wide-ranging intellectual interests included not only philosophy but also music, astronomy, mathematics, an…Read more
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76Neoplatonism: The Last Ten YearsInternational Journal of the Platonic Tradition 9 (2): 205-220. 2015.
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15Interpreting Avicenna: Critical Essays (edited book)Cambridge University Press. 2013.Avicenna is the greatest philosopher of the Islamic world. His immense impact on Christian and Jewish medieval thought, as well as on the subsequent Islamic tradition, is charted in this volume alongside studies which provide a comprehensive introduction to and analysis of his philosophy. Contributions from leading scholars address a wide range of topics including Avicenna's life and works, conception of philosophy and achievement in logic and medicine. His ideas in the main areas of philosophy,…Read more
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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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220Before essence and existence: Al-kindi's conception of beingJournal of the History of Philosophy 40 (3): 297-312. 2002.This paper studies the first metaphysical theory in Arabic philosophy, that of al-Kindi, as found in "On First Philosophy" and other of his works. Placing these works against the background of translations produced in al-Kindi's circle (the "Theology of Aristotle," which is the Arabic version of Plotinus, and the "Liber de Causis," the Arabic version of Proclus' "Elements of Theology"), it argues that al-Kindi has two conceptions of being: "simple" being, which excludes predication and derives f…Read more
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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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5Knowing Persons: A Study in Plato (review)International Philosophical Quarterly 45 (1): 138-140. 2005.
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10Philosophy in the Islamic Worldphilosophy in the Islamic World: Volume 1: 8th-10th Centuries (edited book)Brill. 2016.A comprehensive reference work covering all figures of the earliest period of philosophy in the Islamic world. Both major and minor thinkers are covered, with details of biography and doctrine as well as detailed lists and summaries of each author’s works.
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7Creation and the God of Abraham Edited by D. B. Burrell, C. Cogliati, J. M. Soskice, and W. R. Stoeger (review)Journal of Islamic Studies 23 (1): 89-91. 2012.
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1033Abū Bakr al-Rāzī on AnimalsArchiv für Geschichte der Philosophie 94 (3): 249-273. 2012.Abū Bakr al-Rāzī (d. 925), a doctor known not only for his medical expertise but also for his notorious philosophical ideas, has not yet been given due credit for his ideas on the ethical treatment of animals. This paper explores the philosophical and theological background of his remarks on animal welfare, arguing that al-Rāzī did not (as has been claimed) see animals as possessing rational, intellectual souls like those of humans. It is also argued that al-Rāzī probably did not, as is usually …Read more
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34Al-Kind=IOup Usa. 2006.The first book in the Great Medieval Thinkers series to focus on an Islamic philosopher. It offers a brief, accessible introduction to the thought of the philosopher al -Kindi. His works, though brief, are of great historical importance. Al-Kindi was the first philosopher of the Islamic world. Peter Adamson will survey what is known of al-Kindi's life, examine his thought on a wide range of topics, and consider the relationship of al-Kindi's work to his Greek sources.
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196On knowledge of particularsProceedings of the Aristotelian Society 105 (3). 2005.Avicenna's notorious claim that God knows particulars only 'in a universal way' is argued to have its roots in Aristotelian epistemology, and especially in the "Posterior Analytics". According to Avicenna and Aristotle as understood by Avicenna, there is in fact no such thing as 'knowledge' of particulars, at least not as such. Rather, a particular can only be known by subsuming it under a universal. Thus Avicenna turns out to be committed to a much more surprising epistemological thesis: even h…Read more
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17In the age of al-Fārābī: Arabic philosophy in the fourth-tenth century (edited book)Nino Aragno. 2008.Contains papers that cover a conference held at the Warburg Institute in 2006 to consider the philosophy of al-Farabi alongside other intellectual developments of his time, together with a wide range of other figures and traditions from the period.
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36Neoplatonism (review)Phronesis 57 (4): 380-399. 2012.In Eudemian Ethics 8.2, Aristotle posits god as the starting-point of non-rational desire (particularly for the naturally fortunate), thought, and deliberation. The questions that dominate the literature are: To what does `god' refer? Is it some divine-like entity in the soul that produces thoughts and desires or is it Aristotle's prime mover? And how does god operate as the starting-point of these activities? By providing a careful reconstruction of the context in which god is evoked, I argue a…Read more
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