The Cambridge Companion to Arabic Philosophy

Philosophy written in Arabic and in the Islamic world represents one of thegreat traditions of Western philosophy. Inspired by Greek philosophical worksand the ... » 

Philosophy written in Arabic and in the Islamic world represents one of thegreat traditions of Western philosophy. Inspired by Greek philosophical worksand the indigenous ideas of Islamic theology Arabic philosophers from theninth century onwards put forward ideas of great philosophical and historicalimportance. This collection of essays by some of the leading scholars inArabic philosophy provides an introduction to the field by way of chaptersdevoted to individual thinkers such as alFarabi Avicenna and Averroes orgroups especially during the classical period from the ninth to the twelfthcenturies. It also includes chapters on areas of philosophical inquiry acrossthe tradition such as ethics and metaphysics. Finally it includes chapters onlater Islamic thought and on the connections between Arabic philosophy andGreek Jewish and Latin philosophy. The volume also includes a usefulbibliography and a chronology of the most important Arabic thinkers. «