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Islamic thought in the dialogue of cultures : a historical and bibliographical survey / by Hans Daiber

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Daiber, Hans, 1942-
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Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2012.
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English.
Contents
Abbreviations; Introduction; Chapter One The Qur'ānic Background of Rationalism in Early Islam; Chapter Two Theocracy versus Individuality: The Dispute on Man's Free Will and its Impact on a New Rational World-View in the 8th/9th Century; Chapter Three The Encounter of Islamic Rationalism with Greek Culture: The Translation Period and its Role in the Development of Islamic Philosophy; 3.1. Motives and Principles for the Selection of Translations from Greek into Arabic; 3.2. The Syriac Share in the Early Greek-Arabic Translations., 3.3. The Iranian Share and the Role of the Nestorians in the Translation Movement3.4. Ways of Transmission of Greek Sciences to the Arabs: From Alexandria to Baghdad; 3.5. Themes of Early Arabic Translations; 3.6. Ḥunayn Ibn Isḥāq and his "School"; 3.7. Qustạ̄ Ibn Lūqā; 3.8. Greek Natural Philosophy and Islamic World-View. The Role of Aristotelian and Neoplatonic Philosophy; 3.9. From Translation to Commentary and the Role of the Alexandrian School; Chapter Four The Autonomy of Philosophy in Islam., Chapter Five The Encounter of Islamic Philosophy with European Thought: Latin Translations and Translators of Arabic Philosophical Texts and their Importance for Medieval European Philosophy. Survey and State of the Art5.1. Introduction; 5.2. Indispensable Research Material; 5.3. The Arabic Aristotle in the Middle Ages; 5.3.1. Aristoteles Arabico-Latinus; 5.3.2. Aristoteles Semitico-Latinus; 5.3.3. Arabic-Islamic Determinants of the Picture of Aristotle in the Middle Ages; 5.4. Qusṭā Ibn Lūqā in Latin Transmission; 5.5. Liber de causis; 5.6. The Arabic-Latin Alexander of Aphrodisias., 5.7. Other Channels of Philosophy from Islam to Europe5.8. The Latin Transmission of Kindī; 5.9. The Latin Transmission of Fārābī; 5.10. Ibn Sīnā in the Latin Middle Ages; 5.10.1. The Latin Transmission of Ibn Sīnā; 5.10.2. "Avicennism"; 5.11. Ghazālī in the Latin Middle Ages; 5.11.1. The Latin Transmission of Ghazālī; 5.11.2. Ramon Llull; 5.12. Ibn Rushd in the Latin Middle Ages; 5.12.1. The Latin Transmission of Ibn Rushd; 5.12.2. "Averroism"; 5.12.3. Critique of "Averroism" and Trends of Research., and Chapter Six Assimilation of Islamic Philosophical Thought and Dissociation in the Latin Middle Ages6.1. The Arabic-Latin Translations as Mediator of the Cultural Heritage of Islam; 6.2. A Pioneer of Alexandrian Exegesis of Aristotle: al-Kindī, the "Philosopher of the Arabs"; 6.3. An Interlude: The Peripatetic Fārābī; 6.4. The Consolidation of Philosophical Doctrines about God, Soul and Intellect: The Contribution of Ibn Sīnā; 6.5. The Islamic Criticism of Philosophy: the Example of Ghazālī; 6.6. Ibn Rushd's Return to the "Pure Aristotle"; 6.7. Latin "Averroism"?
Summary
The monograph aims at a historical and bibliographical survey of the qur??nic and rational world-view of early Islam, of the period of translations from Greek into Syriac and Arabic, and of the impact of Islamic thought on Europe.
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9789004232044 (electronic bk.)
9004232044 (electronic bk.)
9789004222274
9004222278
1283551152
9781283551151
9786613863607
6613863602
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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