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"Alfarabi and the Multiplicity of Virtuous Religions" Table of Contents Acknowledgements Chapter 1: Introduction Introduction 1. Alfarabi's Life and His Influence 2. Alfarabi's Manner of Writing 3. Overview Chapter 2: The Impossibility of the City in the Republic Introduction 1. Kallipolis as Ideal State or Totalitarian Nightmare? 2. The Three Waves and the Problem of Possibility The First Wave The Second Wave The Digression on War The Third Wave Chapter 3: The A Fortiori Argument Introduction 1. Alfarabi on the Republic in the Attainment of Happiness: Educating Philosopher-kings, the Challenge 2. Tension in the "Unity of the Virtues": Hard vs. Soft 3. The Uneasy Peace between Prudence and Wisdom Chapter 4: Alfarabi on Jihâd Introduction 1. From îmân vs. kufr to islâm vs. harb 2. Alfarabi's Aphorisms on Jihâd Aphorisms 67 and 79 Aphorisms 11-16 Aphorisms 68-76 3. Alfarabi's Attainment of Happiness on Jihâd 4. Challenges to Compelling Good Character Chapter 5: The Multiplicity Argument Introduction 1. The Increasing Tendency toward Conquest and Domination 2. The Task of Deliberation: Shaping a Multiplicity of Characters 3. The Task of Theoretical Virtue: Shaping a Multiplicity of Opinions 4. Religion as an Imitation of Philosophy Chapter 6: The Limits of Knowledge and the Problem of Realization Introduction 1. Knowledge and Exploitation Attainment of Happiness The Philosophy of Aristotle: The Limits of Our Knowledge of Final Causes 2. Certainty and the Knowledge of Universals and Particulars 3. The Limits of Knowledge and the Inherent Multiplicity of Religion Notes Bibliography Index
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Fåaråabåi.
Philosophy, Islamic.