PHIL249 Study Guide - Avicenna, Islamic Philosophy, Baghdad
7 Mar 2014
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20c to now periodization doesn"t really do justice to anyone, but they are useful for navigating to what extent is medieval distinguished? not really, it is just a place in the conversation. Al-ghazali has some features similar to hume (18c scotland) we can look at a medieval philosopher and compare them to their analogues in other. Aristotle is mostly lost because of boetheus" execution. they are limited to the aristotle they have, and it limits the questions of the latin west. But aristotle doesn"t disappear, he persists in the byzantine empire! they speak greek, keep their greek texts. then arab thought comes on the scene with the emergence of the islam and its caliphs. The philosophy that goes on there is extrordinarily nuanced. They translate aristotle into arabic, the west was more platonist. they in fact use aristotle to understand plato. for islam, aristotle is most important.
