Al-Farabi’s treatise “On Intellect” (Transl., foreword and comm. by T. Ibrahim)
Abstract
This is a first Russian translation of the complete version of the treatise «On Intellect» (Fī al-‘aql) by Abu Nasr al-Farabi (870–950) the founder of classical Muslim philosophy. The preface to the translation highlights the relation of this treatise to other works by this philosopher, as well as various aspects al-Farabi’s noology, such as the ontological-cosmogonic, prophetological, felicitological and eschatological (soteriological).
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About the Author
T. Ibrahim
Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Tawfik Ibrahim - Dr. Sci. (Philos.), Professor, the Centre of Arabic and Islamic Studies, the Researcher-in-Chief, Deputy Head Chairman of the Higher Examining Body (Section Theology) at the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation, Advisor to the Periodical «Minbar. Islamic Studies» (Russian Federation).
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Ibrahim T. Al-Farabi’s treatise “On Intellect” (Transl., foreword and comm. by T. Ibrahim). Orientalistica. 2019;2(4):954-982. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.31696/2618-7043-2019-2-4-954-982
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