02648cam a22003254a 450000100090000000300040000900500170001300800410003001000170007102000400008802000180012803500230014604000300016904200080019905000230020708200170023010000330024724500900028026000580037030000250042850400640045350514440051760000180196165000240197985600780200390600450208194200400212695201390216699900170230513967247OSt20230919131958.0050516s2006    nyu      b   s001 0 eng    a  2005014014  a0791466892 (hardcover : alk. paper)  a9780791466896  a(OCoLC)ocm60401966  aDLCcDLCdC#PdBAKERdDLC  apcc00aB753.F34bP27 200600a201.5bPAR/I1 aParens, Joshua,d1961-9952113aAn Islamic philosophy of virtuous religions :bintroducing Alfarabi /cJoshua Parens.  aAlbany :bState University of New York Press,cc2006.  aix, 170 p. ;c24 cm.  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 155-158) and index.0 aIntroduction -- Alfarabi's life and his influence -- Alfarabi's manner of writing -- Overview -- The impossibility of the city in the Republic -- Kallipolis as ideal state or totalitarian nightmare? -- The three waves and the problem of possibility -- The first wave -- The second wave -- The digression on war -- The third wave -- The a fortiori argument -- Alfarabi on the Republic in the Attainment of happiness : educating philosopher-kings to rule the inhabited world, the challenge -- Tension in the "unity of the virtues" : hard vs. soft -- The uneasy peace between prudence and wisdom -- Alfarabi on jihâd -- From îmân vs. kufr to Islâm vs. harb -- Alfarabi's Aphorisms on Jihâd -- Aphorisms 67 and 79 -- Aphorisms 11-16 -- Aphorisms 68-76 -- Alfarabi's Attainment of happiness on Jihâd -- Challenges to compelling good character -- The multiplicity argument -- The increasing tendency toward conquest and domination -- The task of deliberation : shaping a multiplicity of characters -- The task of theoretical virtue : shaping a multiplicity of opinions -- Religion as an imitation of philosophy -- The limits of knowledge and the problem of realization -- Knowledge and exploitation -- Attainment of happiness -- The Philosophy of Aristotle : the limits of our knowledge of final causes -- Certainty and the knowledge of universals and particulars -- The limits of knowledge and the inherent multiplicity of religion.00aFārābī. 0aIslamic philosophy.413Table of contentsuhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0512/2005014014.html  a7bcbccorignewd1eecipf20gy-gencatlg  2ddccBKh201.5iPAR/Ik201.5mPAR/I  00102ddc40708RELIGIONaMESbMEScRELIGIONd2023-09-19l0o201.5 PAR/Ip42497r2023-09-19 13:20:54v2731.72w2023-09-19yBKzGL48R1  c42285d42285