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" An Islamic philosophy of virtuous religions "
/ Joshua Parens
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The Center of European Languages of Qom(Ale Beit Publications)
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BL
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707
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b10349
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English
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| Main Entry
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Parens, Joshua, 1961
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| Title & Author
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An Islamic philosophy of virtuous religions:introducing Alfarabi/ Joshua Parens
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| Publication Statement
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Albany: State University of New York Press,, c2006.
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ix, 170 p.: ; 24 cm.
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0791466892(hardcover : alk.paper)
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Print
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 155-158) and index.
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| Contents
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Introduction -- 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 jihaad -- From aimaan vs. kufr to Islaam vs. harb -- Alfarabi's Aphorisms on Jihaad -- Aphorisms 67 and 79 -- Aphorisms 11-16 -- Aphorisms 68-76 -- Alfarabi's Attainment of happiness on Jihaad -- 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.
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Fغarغabiغ
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Islamic philosophy
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| Dewey Classification
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201.5
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B753.F34,P27 2006
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