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Al-Kindī's First philosophy and cognate texts
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- translation and commentary
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This work consists of a critical translation from the Arabic of "(On) First Philosophy", [title in Arabic], the major philosophical text of Yaʻqūb ibn Isḥāq al-Kindī (d. ca. 870 A.D.); and a detailed study of this text in relation to cognate treatises of al-Kindī's, and to works of classical and late Greek philosophy. Al-Kindī's ideas are also compared with those of his contemporaries among the theologians and philosophers of the 9th and 10th centuries.
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- 1971
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- Type of award:
- DPhil
- Level of award:
- Doctoral
- Awarding institution:
- University of Oxford
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English
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602326530
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2013-10-21
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- Copyright holder:
- Ivry, A
- Copyright date:
- 1971
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- The digital copy of this thesis has been made available thanks to the generosity of Dr Leonard Polonsky
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