An Islamic Philosophy of Virtuous Religions
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An Islamic Philosophy of Virtuous Religions

Introducing Alfarabi

  1. 180 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

An Islamic Philosophy of Virtuous Religions

Introducing Alfarabi

About this book

Explores the approach to peaceful religious coexistence offered by Alfarabi, the greatest Islamic political philosopher.

Joshua Parens provides an introduction to the thought of Alfarabi, a tenth-century Muslim political philosopher whose writings are particularly relevant today. Parens focuses on Alfarabi's Attainment of Happiness, in which he envisions the kind of government and religion needed to fulfill Islam's ambition of universal acceptance. Parens argues that Alfarabi seeks to temper the hopes of Muslims and other believers that one homogeneous religion might befit the entire world and counsels acceptance of the possibility of a multiplicity of virtuous religions. Much of Alfarabi's approach is built upon Plato's Republic, which Parens also examines in order to provide the necessary background for a proper understanding of Alfarabi's thought.

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Table of contents

  1. An Islamic Philosophy of Virtuous Religions
  2. Contents
  3. Acknowledgments
  4. Abbreviations
  5. 1. Introduction
  6. 2. The Impossibility of the City in the Republic
  7. 3. The A Fortiori Argument
  8. 4. Alfarabi on Jihâd
  9. 5. The Multiplicity Argument
  10. 6. The Limits of Knowledge and the Problem of Realization
  11. Notes
  12. Bibliography
  13. Author/Subject Index
  14. Index of Passages from Alfawarabi’s Attainment of Happiness