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In its narrowest sense it is a translation of Falsafa, meaning those particular schools of thought that most reflect the influence of Greek systems of philosophy such as Neoplatonism and Aristotelianism. Some schools of thought within Islam deny the usefulness or legitimacy of philosophical inquiry.
Falsafah, the Arabic cognate for the Greek philosophia, included metaphysics and logic, as well as the positive sciences, such as mathematics, music, astronomy, and anatomy. Faylasūf s often earned their living as physicians, astrologers, or musicians. The faylasūf ’s whole way of life, like that of the…. Read More.
After the establishment of the Abbasid caliphate in Baghdad (750), subjects of various faiths contributed to an atmosphere of relatively free debate concerning the main constructs of religion, such as God, creation, causality, free will and divine authority.
Jul 5, 2012 · Al-Kindī’s main metaphysical treatise (Book on First Philosophy, Kitāb fī l-falsafa al-ūlā, only partially extant) displays monotheistic concerns (the insistence on the theme of God’s unity, with recourse to a model of the God-world relationship reminiscent of the Neoplatonic metaphysics of Theologia Aristotelis and Liber de causis ...
Dec 1, 2021 · Falsafa, the Islamic Philosophy Origins. — The origins of falsafa are purely Greek; the activity of the falasifa [q.v.] begins with Arabic translations of the Greek philosophical texts (whether direct or through a Syriac intermediary).
Feb 23, 2009 · To some extent, scholars disagree about the role of the Greek sources in Arabic and Islamic philosophy (henceforth falsafa, the Arabic loan word for φιλοσοφία). [1] While acknowledging the existence of a Greek heritage, those who consider the Qur’an and the Islamic tradition as the main source of inspiration for falsafa claim that ...
Aug 14, 2007 · Falsafa was a movement where Christians, Muslims, and even pagan authors participated. After the 12th century it would also include Jewish authors. For reasons that will become apparent, al-Ghazâlî focused his comments on the Muslim falâsifa.
Philosophical speculation in Islamic culture has triple roots in theology (kalam), philosophy proper (falsafa), and mysticism (tasawwuf).
This paper examines the theoretical underpinnings of methodologies that are used in studying falsafa (or what is commonly known as 'Arabic cum Islamic Philosophy').
This brief chapter discusses al-Ghazali’s attitude toward the tradition of Aristotelianism in Islam (falsafa). His criticism of twenty teachings held by Muslim Aristotelians (falasifa), and among them most prominently Avicenna (Ibn Sina) has often been wrongly considered a destruction of falsafa.
