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The Eudaimonist Ethics of al-FÄrÄbÄ« and Avicenna
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Al-FÄrÄbÄ« and Avicenna are the two most influential authors of the classical period of Arabic philosophy, yet their ethical thought has been largely overlooked by scholars. In this book, Janne Mattila provides the first comprehensive account of the ethics of these important philosophers. The book argues that even if neither of them wrote a major ethical work, their ethical writings form a coherent ethical system, especially when understood in the context of philosophical psychology, cosmology, and metaphysics. The resulting ethical theory is, moreover, not derivative of their classical predecessors in any simple way. The book will appeal to those with interest in Arabic/Islamic philosophy, Islamic intellectual history, classical philosophy, and the history of moral philosophy.
Al-FÄrÄbÄ« and Avicenna are the two most influential authors of the classical period of Arabic philosophy, yet their ethical thought has been largely overlooked by scholars. In this book, Janne Mattila provides the first comprehensive account of the ethics of these important philosophers. The book argues that even if neither of them wrote a major ethical work, their ethical writings form a coherent ethical system, especially when understood in the context of philosophical psychology, cosmology, and metaphysics. The resulting ethical theory is, moreover, not derivative of their classical predecessors in any simple way. The book will appeal to those with interest in Arabic/Islamic philosophy, Islamic intellectual history, classical philosophy, and the history of moral philosophy.
Janne Mattila, Ph.D. (2011, University of Helsinki), is a researcher of the history of Arabic philosophy. He is currently working in the ERC project "The Origin and Early Development of Philosophy in Tenth-Century al-Andalus" at the Université catholique de Louvain.
Acknowledgements
Introduction
â1âAim of the Book
â2âClassical Sources of Arabic Ethics
â3âAristotle
â4âPlato and Galen
â5âNeoplatonism
â6âConception of Ethics
1 Final End
â1âAl-FÄrÄbÄ«
â2âAvicenna
2 Function Argument
â1âAl-FÄrÄbÄ«
â2âAvicenna
3 Pleasure
â1âAl-FÄrÄbÄ«
â2âAvicenna
4 Theoretical Perfection
â1âAl-FÄrÄbÄ«
â2âAvicenna
5 Ascent
â1âAl-FÄrÄbÄ«
â2âAvicenna
6 Afterlife
â1âAl-FÄrÄbÄ«
â2âAvicenna
7 Virtue and Happiness
â1âAl-FÄrÄbÄ«
â2âAvicenna
8 Theory of Virtue
â1âAl-FÄrÄbÄ«
â2âAvicenna
9 Virtue and Rationality
â1âAl-FÄrÄbÄ«
â2âAvicenna
10 Moral Progression
â1âAl-FÄrÄbÄ«
â2âAvicenna
Conclusions
Bibliography
Index
Introduction
â1âAim of the Book
â2âClassical Sources of Arabic Ethics
â3âAristotle
â4âPlato and Galen
â5âNeoplatonism
â6âConception of Ethics
Part 1 Happiness
1 Final End
â1âAl-FÄrÄbÄ«
â2âAvicenna
2 Function Argument
â1âAl-FÄrÄbÄ«
â2âAvicenna
3 Pleasure
â1âAl-FÄrÄbÄ«
â2âAvicenna
4 Theoretical Perfection
â1âAl-FÄrÄbÄ«
â2âAvicenna
5 Ascent
â1âAl-FÄrÄbÄ«
â2âAvicenna
6 Afterlife
â1âAl-FÄrÄbÄ«
â2âAvicenna
Part 2 Virtue
7 Virtue and Happiness
â1âAl-FÄrÄbÄ«
â2âAvicenna
8 Theory of Virtue
â1âAl-FÄrÄbÄ«
â2âAvicenna
9 Virtue and Rationality
â1âAl-FÄrÄbÄ«
â2âAvicenna
10 Moral Progression
â1âAl-FÄrÄbÄ«
â2âAvicenna
Conclusions
Bibliography
Index
Scholars, students, and educated laymen interested in Arabic/Islamic philosophy, Islamic intellectual history, Islamic ethics, the later influence of Greek philosophy, and the history of ethics.