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The Ethical Theory of Education of Ahmad Miskawayh |
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By: Dr Nadia Jamal al-Din, Sat 31 January, 2009 |
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Abu `Ali Ahmad b. Muhammad b. Ya'qub Miskawayh (932-1030) is a brilliant intellectual and philosopher of 10th-century Buwayhid Baghdad. His effect on Islamic philosophy is mainly concerned with ethical issues. His book Tadhib al-akhlaq (Ethical Instruction) is considered as the first major Islamic work on philosophical ethics. Focusing on practical ethics, conduct, and refinement of character, it contains an original theory on the education of young boys.
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Abu ‘l-Barakat al-Baghdadi: Outline of a Non-Aristotelian Natural Philosophy |
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By: FSTC Limited, Tue 24 June, 2008 |
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Abū 'l-Barakāt al-Baghdādā (flourished in the 11th-12th centuries in Baghdad) was a scholar of the Arabic-Islamic tradition. An original philosopher and respected medical authority, he is well known by his Al-Kitāb al-Mu'tabar, a philosophical essay in which he submitted some of the fundamental concepts of natural philosophy to a penetrating analysis. He suggested in it many interesting alternatives that found an echo in modern developments in physics, such as his ideas about the physics of motion and the concept of time.
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Al-Fârâbî as a Source of the History of Philosophy and of Its Definition |
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By: Prof. Mubahat Turker-Kuyel, Fri 11 March, 2005 |
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The origins of science lie in the study we call philosophy which itself is traced back through traditions of wisdom. Here a look at al Farabi's description of wisdom and the history of philosophy.
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Muslim Contributions to Philosophy - Ibn Sina, Farabi, Beyruni |
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By: Prof. Mehmet Aydin, Fri 14 January, 2005 |
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Muslim philosophers were men of science who explored and set the very foundations of knowledge. They had great influence and importance in the history of fundamental ideas.
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Ibn Hazm's Philosophy and Thoughts on Science |
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By: FSTC Limited, Thu 11 September, 2003 |
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Ibn Hazm (994-1064CE) came from Cordoba. He was one of the most original theologians and literati of Muslim Spain. A master of many disciplines, including history, grammar, poetry, genealogy, and logic, and wrote works of enduring importance in Islamic theology and law.
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