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Philosophy in the Islamic World Ulrich Rudolph, Rotraud Hansberger, und Peter Adamson - 978-90-04-49254-7 Heruntergeladen von Brill.com09/09/2022 06:17:28PM via Westf. Wilhelms-Univ. Munster Handbook of Oriental Studies Handbuch der Orientalistik section one The Near and Middle East Edited by Maribel Fierro (Madrid) M. Şükrü Hanioğlu (Princeton) Renata Holod (University of Pennsylvania) Florian Schwarz (Vienna) Volume 115/1 The titles published in this series are listed at brill.com/ho1 Ulrich Rudolph, Rotraud Hansberger, und Peter Adamson - 978-90-04-49254-7 Heruntergeladen von Brill.com09/09/2022 06:17:28PM via Westf. Wilhelms-Univ. Munster Philosophy in the Islamic World Volume 1: 8th–10th Centuries Edited by Ulrich Rudolph, Rotraud Hansberger, and Peter Adamson English translation by Rotraud Hansberger LEIDEN | BOSTON Ulrich Rudolph, Rotraud Hansberger, und Peter Adamson - 978-90-04-49254-7 Heruntergeladen von Brill.com09/09/2022 06:17:28PM via Westf. Wilhelms-Univ. Munster This volume is an English version of Philosophie in der islamischen Welt. Band 1: 8.–10. Jahrhundert (ed. by Ulrich Rudolph with the assistance of Renate Würsch, Schwabe, Basel, 2012), which is part of the series Grundriss der Geschichte der Philosophie founded by Friedrich Ueberweg. Cover illustration: Abbasid Caliph al-Maʾmūn sends an envoy to Byzantine Emperor Theophilus. Source: History of John Skylitzes (Skyllitzes Matritensis, Biblioteca Nacional de España). Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Rudolph, Ulrich, editor. Title: Philosophy in the Islamic world / edited by Ulrich Rudolph, Rotraud Hansberger, and Peter Adamson ; English translation by Rotraud Hansberger. Other titles: Philosophie in der Islamischen Welt. English Description: Leiden : Boston : Brill, 2017– | Series: Handbook of oriental studies = Handbuch der Orientalistik. Section 1, The Near and Middle East, ISSN 0169-9423 ; Volume 115/1 Contents: Volume 1. 8th–10th centuries. | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifijiers: LCCN 2016046750 | ISBN 9789004323162 (volume 1 : hardback : alk. paper) Subjects: LCSH: Islamic philosophy. Classifijication: LCC B741 .P4413 2017 | DDC 181/.07—dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016046750 Typeface for the Latin, Greek, and Cyrillic scripts: “Brill”. See and download: brill.com/brill-typeface. issn 0169-9423 isbn 978-90-04-32316-2 (hardback) Copyright 2017 by Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands. Koninklijke Brill NV incorporates the imprints Brill, Brill Hes & De Graaf, Brill Nijhofff, Brill Rodopi and Hotei Publishing. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, translated, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without prior written permission from the publisher. Authorization to photocopy items for internal or personal use is granted by Koninklijke Brill NV provided that the appropriate fees are paid directly to The Copyright Clearance Center, 222 Rosewood Drive, Suite 910, Danvers, MA 01923, USA. Fees are subject to change. This book is printed on acid-free paper and produced in a sustainable manner. Ulrich Rudolph, Rotraud Hansberger, und Peter Adamson - 978-90-04-49254-7 Heruntergeladen von Brill.com09/09/2022 06:17:28PM via Westf. Wilhelms-Univ. Munster Contents Preface to the English Edition ix .............................................................................................................. Preface to the German Edition xi ............................................................................................................ Introduction 1 .................................................................................................................................................................. Ulrich Rudolph 1 Stages of the History of Research 1 ................................................................................................ 2 Principles of Presentation 11 ..................................................................................................................... 3 Characteristics of the First Volume: Philosophy from the 8th to the 10th Century 16 .............................................................................................................................. 4 Secondary Literature 21 .................................................................................................................................... 1 The Late Ancient Background 29 .............................................................................................................. Ulrich Rudolph 1 Principal Features of Late Ancient Philosophy 29 ........................................................ 2 The School of Athens 36 ................................................................................................................................. 3 The School of Alexandria 40 ...................................................................................................................... 4 Philosophy and the Sciences 48 ............................................................................................................ 5 Channels of Transmission 51 .................................................................................................................... 6 Secondary Literature 64 ................................................................................................................................... 2 The Syriac Tradition in the Early Islamic Era 74 .................................................................. Hans Daiber 1 Primary Sources 74 ................................................................................................................................................. 2 Introduction 77 ........................................................................................................................................................... 3 Jacobite Authors 78 ............................................................................................................................................... 4 Nestorian Authors 83 ........................................................................................................................................... 5 A Maronite Author: Theophilus of Edessa 87 ...................................................................... 6 Secondary Literature 88 ................................................................................................................................... 3 The Rebirth of Philosophy and the Translations into Arabic 95 .................... Dimitri Gutas 1 Primary Sources 95 ................................................................................................................................................. 2 The Historical Causes of the Graeco-Arabic Translation Movement 97 ............................................................................................................................. 3 Method, Phases, and Signifijicance of the Translations 104 .................................... Ulrich Rudolph, Rotraud Hansberger, und Peter Adamson - 978-90-04-49254-7 Heruntergeladen von Brill.com09/09/2022 06:17:28PM via Westf. Wilhelms-Univ. Munster vi contents 4 The Beginnings of Philosophical Literature in Arabic and the Rebirth of Philosophy 108 ..................................................................................................................... 5 Greek Philosophical Texts in Arabic Translation 121 ................................................... 6 Secondary Literature 135 ................................................................................................................................... 4 Abū Yūsuf al-Kindī 143 ............................................................................................................................................... Gerhard Endress and Peter Adamson 1 Primary Sources 143 ................................................................................................................................................. 2 Life and Influence 152 ........................................................................................................................................... 3 Translations Available in al-Kindī’s Time 155 ......................................................................... 4 Works 158 ............................................................................................................................................................................. 5 Doctrine 189 ....................................................................................................................................................................... 6 Secondary Literature 202 ................................................................................................................................... 5 The Beginnings of Islamic Philosophy in the Tradition of al-Kindī 221 ........................................................................................................................................................................ Hans Hinrich Biesterfeldt, Elvira Wakelnig, Gerhard Endress, and Cleophea Ferrari 1 Al-Kindī’s School: From Baghdad to Transoxania 221 ................................................. 2 Neoplatonic Developments 250 ............................................................................................................... 3 The Integration of Philosophical Traditions in Islamic Society in the 4th/10th Century: al-Tawḥīdī and al-Siǧistānī 272 .................. 4 Ancient Ethical Traditions for Islamic Society: Abū ʿAlī Miskawayh 304 ...................................................................................................................................... 5 Bridging the Gap between the Kindian Tradition and the Baghdad School: Ibn Hindū 344 .................................................................................................... 6 Secondary Literature 350 ................................................................................................................................... 6 Abū Bakr al-Rāzī 381 ...................................................................................................................................................... Hans Daiber 1 Primary Sources 381 ................................................................................................................................................. 2 Translations Available in al-Rāzī’s Time 384 ............................................................................ 3 Life 386 ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 4 Works 389 ............................................................................................................................................................................. 5 Doctrine 401 ....................................................................................................................................................................... 6 Secondary Literature 413 ................................................................................................................................... Ulrich Rudolph, Rotraud Hansberger, und Peter Adamson - 978-90-04-49254-7 Heruntergeladen von Brill.com09/09/2022 06:17:28PM via Westf. Wilhelms-Univ. Munster Contents vii 7 The Baghdad Aristotelians 421 ........................................................................................................................ Gerhard Endress and Cleophea Ferrari 1 The Arabic Aristotle and the Transmission of Aristotelian Philosophy in Baghdad: Abū Bišr Mattā b. Yūnus 421 .................................................. 2 Yaḥyā Ibn ʿAdī 434 ....................................................................................................................................................... 3 ʿĪsā Ibn Zurʿa 468 .......................................................................................................................................................... 4 Ibn al-Ḫammār 480 ................................................................................................................................................... 5 Ibn al-Samḥ 490 ............................................................................................................................................................. 6 Abū l-Faraǧ Ibn al-Ṭayyib 496 ....................................................................................................................... 7 Secondary Literature 506 ................................................................................................................................... 8 Abū Naṣr al-Fārābī 526 ................................................................................................................................................ Ulrich Rudolph 1 Primary Sources 526 ................................................................................................................................................. 2 Life and Influence 536 ........................................................................................................................................... 3 Works 545 ............................................................................................................................................................................. 4 Doctrine 594 ....................................................................................................................................................................... 5 Secondary Literature 636 ................................................................................................................................... 9 The Dissemination of Philosophical Thought 655 ............................................................... Dimitri Gutas, Paraskevi Kotzia †, Eva Orthmann, and Daniel De Smet 1 Popular Ethics, Practical Politics 655 ................................................................................................. 2 Scholars as Transmitters of Philosophical Thought 680 ............................................ 3 Philosophy and Natural Science 727 .................................................................................................. 4 The Religious Application of Philosophical Ideas 733 ................................................ 5 Secondary Literature 759 ................................................................................................................................... Index of Arabic Words 787 .................................................................................................................................... Index of Subjects 796 .................................................................................................................................................... Index of Names 834 ......................................................................................................................................................... Ulrich Rudolph, Rotraud Hansberger, und Peter Adamson - 978-90-04-49254-7 Heruntergeladen von Brill.com09/09/2022 06:17:28PM via Westf. Wilhelms-Univ. Munster Ulrich Rudolph, Rotraud Hansberger, und Peter Adamson - 978-90-04-49254-7 Heruntergeladen von Brill.com09/09/2022 06:17:28PM via Westf. Wilhelms-Univ. Munster Preface to the English Edition This volume is an English version of a book that originally appeared as Philosophie in der islamischen Welt. Band I: 8.–10. Jahrhundert (ed. by Ulrich Rudolph with assistance from Renate Würsch, Basel 2012). Both versions con- tribute to a wider project whose goal is to chart the history of philosophy in the Islamic world from its beginnings to the present day. This endeavour is described in detail in the original preface (see below, pp. xi–xiii). As explained there, four volumes are envisioned, which will follow one another in chrono- logical sequence, stretching from the 8th to the 20th century, offfering extensive information on authors from all periods, divided into biography, descriptions of individual works, doctrines, and influence. It is planned that all four volumes should appear in both German and English. The German version forms part of a series of comprehensive reference works, the Grundriss der Geschichte der Philosophie (Ueberweg); the English version is intended to reach a wider audience in Europe and beyond, including especially the Islamic world itself. While the German volumes are appearing with the publisher Schwabe, the English series will be published by E. J. Brill, whose series ‘Handbuch der Orientalistik’ (‘Handbook of Oriental Studies’) offfers an appropriate forum for a project of this all-embracing nature. We are grateful to both publishers for agreeing to this arrangement and for their readi- ness to cooperate with one another. The publication of this English translation was made possible by the per- sonal dedication of several people. Rotraud Hansberger expended consider- able personal efffort to translate the entire book—except where the German version was based on an English original—combining linguistic fluency with a keen sense of judgement and enormous knowledge of the thematic fijield. Peter Adamson edited and proofread the translation with care and expertise. Peter Tarras and Hanif Amin Beidokhti contributed greatly to the production of the manuscript, tracking down additional information and helping with crucial aspects of the copy-editing process. All three editors have gone through the entire manuscript and are responsible for the fijinal redaction. The authors of the original German chapters have also been involved in the production of this new version, and have helped with the addition of new references to litera- ture that appeared since 2012. In this respect, the English version actually adds new information and offfers an updated picture of the state of research. One section, however, could not be revised by its author, since our cherished col- league Paraskevi Kotzia sadly passed away since the appearance of the German version. Ulrich Rudolph, Rotraud Hansberger, und Peter Adamson - 978-90-04-49254-7 Heruntergeladen von Brill.com09/09/2022 06:17:28PM via Westf. Wilhelms-Univ. Munster x preface to the english edition The translation has been funded by Brill, the Ludwig-Maximilians- Universität in Munich, and the Leverhulme Foundation. We are especially grateful to Joed Elich and Kathy van Vliet, who have overseen our project at Brill since its inception. Their engagement and enthusiasm have been essential to the production of the volume in its fijinal form. Ulrich Rudolph Zurich, June 2016 Ulrich Rudolph, Rotraud Hansberger, und Peter Adamson - 978-90-04-49254-7 Heruntergeladen von Brill.com09/09/2022 06:17:28PM via Westf. Wilhelms-Univ. Munster
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