Jawath Jabbour, From material to intellect. The soul and substance of man in the work of al-Fârâb, Paris, Vrin, ‘Etudes de Muslims’, 2021
Disciplines
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The thought of al-Fārābhus played a major role in the development of medieval philosophical psychology. However, modern readings have often confined its soul doctrine to eschatological and political problems, without considering what the soul is or how humans, of material substance, become intellective. This book aims to answer these key questions and to show the originality and coherence of Fārābă’s thinking, which links epistemology,...