The Cambridge Companion to Arabic Philosophy

Edited by: Adamson, Peter and Taylor, Richard C.
Publisher: Cambridge
Year: 2005
Pages: 448
Printed: United Kingdom
ISBN: 0-521-52069-X
Binding: Soft Cover
Book Condition: New
Weight: 740gr.
Description: 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 (such as al-Farabi, Avicenna and Averroes) or groups, especially during the ‘classical’ period from the ninth to the twelfth centuries.