376 Pages
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Routledge
376 Pages
by
Routledge
376 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book collects 15 papers on the greatest philosopher of late antiquity and founder of Neoplatonism, Plotinus (d.270), and the founding figure of philosophy in the Islamic world: al-KindÄ« (d. ca. 873). A number of the contributions focus on the text that joins the two: the so-called Theology of Aristotle, in fact an Arabic version of Plotinus’ Enneads produced in al- KindÄ«’s translation... Read more
Preface; Ploinus, Porphyry and the Arbaic Plotinus; Al-Kindi and the Kindian Tradition; Index nominum; Thematic index; Index of Greek terms; Index of Arabic
Biography
Peter Adamson is Professor for Late Antique and Arabic Philosophy at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Germany.
"These thoughtful papers demonstrate the erudition for which Adamson is known (…) He presents evidence that helps explain, among other things, why Kindian tradition was short-lived in philosophy." - Anthony F. Shaker, McGill University
