“I’m Alone with My Soul…”: About al-Fārābī’s Sources in His “The Harmony between Two Sages” Cover Image

«Я Остаюсь Наедине Со Своей Душой…»: К Вопросу Об Источниках Трактата Ал-Фа̄Ра̄Бӣ «О Примирении Взглядов Двух Мудрецов»
“I’m Alone with My Soul…”: About al-Fārābī’s Sources in His “The Harmony between Two Sages”

Author(s): Faris O. Nofal
Subject(s): Metaphysics, Philosophy of Middle Ages, Middle-East Philosophy
Published by: Новосибирский государственный университет
Keywords: al-Fārābī; Plotinus; Proclus; pseudo-Aristotle; “Theology of Aristotle”; “Elements of Theology”; Falsafah; Medieval Arab Philosophy; Neo-Platonism; Eastern Mysticism;

Summary/Abstract: The article peers at a problem of attribution in the texts quoted by faylasūf alFārābī in his book ‘The Harmony between Two Sages’. The author proves that regardless of modern Western scholars (P. Adamson, F. Zimmermann) opinion, al-Farabi knew thoroughly vulgate-version of apocrypha ‘Aristotle’s Theology’ well-known to the researchers, used by him while working at the text of ‘The Harmony…’. It also shows that sporadically the thinker referred to the fragments of ‘Elements of Theology’ by Proclus that were included into Arab Aristotle corpus. Separately the article discusses the role of ‘Theology’ by PseudoAristotle in establishment of eastern peripatetics’ mystical teachings.

  • Issue Year: XVIII/2024
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 185-203
  • Page Count: 19
  • Language: Russian
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