| Feder, Tafel, Mensch: Al-ʿĀmirīs Kitāb Al-Fuṣūl Fī L-Maʿālim Al-Ilāhīya Und Die Arab Contributor(s): Wakelnig, Elvira (Author) |
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ISBN: 9004152555 ISBN-13: 9789004152557 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $253.65 Product Type: Hardcover Language: German Published: September 2006 Annotation: Al-??mir?'s Chapters on Metaphysical Topics are an impressive example of the fusing of Greek Neoplatonism with Islamic Theology. Being a paraphrase of the Proclean Elements of Theology, they provide a better understanding of the tradition of the Liber de Causis in Arabic. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Islamic Studies - Philosophy | Eastern - Philosophy | Religious |
| Dewey: 181.92 |
| LCCN: 2006044020 |
| Series: Islamic Philosophy, Theology and Science. Texts and Studies |
| Physical Information: 1.33" H x 6.46" W x 9.7" (2.09 lbs) 441 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This volume deals with the philosopher Abū l-Ḥasan al-ʽĀmirī (died 992) and his reception of Neoplatonism, focusing on his Kitāb al-Fuṣūl fī l-maʽālim al-ilāhīya, the Chapters on Metaphysical Topics (Arabic text with German translation). The Chapters on Metaphysical Topics paraphrase sections of the Elements of Theology by the Neoplatonist Proclus (died 485) and are therefore part of the Arabic Procliana. The commentary analyses al-ʽĀmirī's combination of Greek philosophy with Islamic theology, especially the harmonization of philosophical and Qur'anic terminology (universal Intellect is the Pen, universal Soul the Tablet) and man's position between the two worlds. On the basis of a textual comparison between al-ʽĀmirī's work, the Greek text of Proclus and the Arabic writings of the Liber de Causis-tradition, the book argues for the existence of a "Ur-Liber de causis". |