The Eudaimonist Ethics of al-Fārābī and Avicenna
Al-Fārābī and Avicenna are the two most influential authors of the classical period of Arabic philosophy, yet their ethical thought has been largely overlooked by scholars. In this book, Janne Mattila provides the first comprehensive account of the ethics of these important philosophers. The book ar...
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| description | Al-Fārābī and Avicenna are the two most influential authors of the classical period of Arabic philosophy, yet their ethical thought has been largely overlooked by scholars. In this book, Janne Mattila provides the first comprehensive account of the ethics of these important philosophers. The book argues that even if neither of them wrote a major ethical work, their ethical writings form a coherent ethical system, especially when understood in the context of philosophical psychology, cosmology, and metaphysics. The resulting ethical theory is, moreover, not derivative of their classical predecessors in any simple way. The book will appeal to those with interest in Arabic/Islamic philosophy, Islamic intellectual history, classical philosophy, and the history of moral philosophy. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1331762025-07-17T10:00:14Z The Eudaimonist Ethics of al-Fārābī and Avicenna Mattila, Janne Arabic philosophy ethics eudaimonia happiness Islamic ethics Islamic philosophy moral philosophy virtue virtue ethics thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QD Philosophy::QDH Philosophical traditions and schools of thought::QDHK Islamic and Arab philosophy thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QD Philosophy::QDT Topics in philosophy::QDTQ Ethics and moral philosophy thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QD Philosophy::QDH Philosophical traditions and schools of thought::QDHK Islamic and Arab philosophy thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QD Philosophy::QDT Topics in philosophy::QDTQ Ethics and moral philosophy Al-Fārābī and Avicenna are the two most influential authors of the classical period of Arabic philosophy, yet their ethical thought has been largely overlooked by scholars. In this book, Janne Mattila provides the first comprehensive account of the ethics of these important philosophers. The book argues that even if neither of them wrote a major ethical work, their ethical writings form a coherent ethical system, especially when understood in the context of philosophical psychology, cosmology, and metaphysics. The resulting ethical theory is, moreover, not derivative of their classical predecessors in any simple way. The book will appeal to those with interest in Arabic/Islamic philosophy, Islamic intellectual history, classical philosophy, and the history of moral philosophy. 2024-01-19T06:34:18Z 2024-01-19T06:34:18Z 2024-01-18T17:12:58Z 2022 book ONIX_20240118_9789004506916_21 OCN: 1298711159 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/87097 9789004506916 9789004506473 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/133176 eng open access image/png image/jpeg image/jpeg n/a n/a n/a https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/87097/1/9789004506916.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/87097/1/9789004506916.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/87097/1/9789004506916.pdf Brill 10.1163/9789004506916 10.1163/9789004506916 33fecb33-e7c4-4fc8-96b0-7ba2fccafba9 fd443065-5c4d-426a-b7ba-008f47921605 9789004506916 9789004506473 [...] open access |
| spellingShingle | Arabic philosophy ethics eudaimonia happiness Islamic ethics Islamic philosophy moral philosophy virtue virtue ethics thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QD Philosophy::QDH Philosophical traditions and schools of thought::QDHK Islamic and Arab philosophy thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QD Philosophy::QDT Topics in philosophy::QDTQ Ethics and moral philosophy thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QD Philosophy::QDH Philosophical traditions and schools of thought::QDHK Islamic and Arab philosophy thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QD Philosophy::QDT Topics in philosophy::QDTQ Ethics and moral philosophy Mattila, Janne The Eudaimonist Ethics of al-Fārābī and Avicenna |
| title | The Eudaimonist Ethics of al-Fārābī and Avicenna |
| title_full | The Eudaimonist Ethics of al-Fārābī and Avicenna |
| title_fullStr | The Eudaimonist Ethics of al-Fārābī and Avicenna |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Eudaimonist Ethics of al-Fārābī and Avicenna |
| title_short | The Eudaimonist Ethics of al-Fārābī and Avicenna |
| title_sort | eudaimonist ethics of al farabi and avicenna |
| topic | Arabic philosophy ethics eudaimonia happiness Islamic ethics Islamic philosophy moral philosophy virtue virtue ethics thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QD Philosophy::QDH Philosophical traditions and schools of thought::QDHK Islamic and Arab philosophy thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QD Philosophy::QDT Topics in philosophy::QDTQ Ethics and moral philosophy thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QD Philosophy::QDH Philosophical traditions and schools of thought::QDHK Islamic and Arab philosophy thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QD Philosophy::QDT Topics in philosophy::QDTQ Ethics and moral philosophy |
| topic_facet | Arabic philosophy ethics eudaimonia happiness Islamic ethics Islamic philosophy moral philosophy virtue virtue ethics thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QD Philosophy::QDH Philosophical traditions and schools of thought::QDHK Islamic and Arab philosophy thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QD Philosophy::QDT Topics in philosophy::QDTQ Ethics and moral philosophy thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QD Philosophy::QDH Philosophical traditions and schools of thought::QDHK Islamic and Arab philosophy thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QD Philosophy::QDT Topics in philosophy::QDTQ Ethics and moral philosophy |
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