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	JewishEncyclopedia.com - ALFARABI, ABU NAṢR MOHAMMED:
		In it Alfarabi discusses the six principles of all Being, and the unity of God: (1) The divine principle, or the primary cause,—which is a unity; (2) the secondary causes, or the intellects of the celestial spheres; (3) the active intellect; (4) the soul; (5) form; (6) abstract matter.
		Concerning Alfarabi's value as a philosopher, Maimonides remarks that in order to learn logic one needs occupy himself only with Alfarabi's writings, since all that he wrote, especially the "Book of Principles," is "fine flour"; that he was a distinguished scholar, and hence much could be learned from him.
		Alfarabi claims that prophecy emanates from a soul of purified reasoning powers; the soul associates itself with the active reason and receives from it aid and instruction.
	www.jewishencyclopedia.com /view.jsp?artid=1190&letter=A (810 words)

	Philosophy of Alfarabi: Introduction
		Alfarabi is a Neo-Platonist inasmuch as his mystic tendencies are numerous in his Metaphysics, Psychology and Political thought.
		Thus, Alfarabi's philosophy is entirely theocentric in the sense that it holds God as the center of the universe.
		According to Alfarabi, Plato held the same opinion when he said that to think is to recollect, for the person who thinks tries to get at what experience has written on his mind, and once he finds the object of his thought, then it looks to him as if he had recollected.
	www.sacred-texts.com /isl/palf/palf05.htm (1056 words)

	Philosophy of Alfarabi: Conclusion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		In comparing the Theodicy of Alfarabi with that of St. Thomas, we found that the latter depends on the former for the first three arguments proving God's existence, and also for the way in which God's nature is known (Via remotionis et eminentiae.
		Furthermore, Alfarabi, three hundred years before St. Thomas, taught in clear and distinct words, that the essence and existence in created things differ as different entities, while they are identical in God.
		In conclusion, there is a unity of thought throughout the philosophy of Alfarabi, who spared no efforts to make the various parts of his philosophical vision converge towards one living God, on Whom the one and the many, being and becoming, are essentially dependent.
	www.muslimphilosophy.com /farabi/palf/palf11.htm (466 words)

	stanton7 - Final Draft II (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Alfarabi is generally accepted as a Muslim philosopher and a member of the Islamic community, although many of his ideas do not have roots in the sacred Koran – many in the past saw the Persian scholar as potentially blasphemous (Netton).
		Alfarabi is quick not to directly deem one philosopher’s views superior to those of the other’s, but rather he looks for common aspects, such as the final goals of each (Mahdi, 11).
		Alfarabi’s readers may not always be aware exactly of what he means in some portions of his writings.
	stanton7.googlepages.com /finaldraftii (3347 words)

	Personal Information
		Alfarabi Sharif, M.H. Baluch and I.A. Basunbul, "Effect of Thermal Incompatibility on Fiber Reinforced Latex Modified Concrete", Proceedings of International Conference on Recent Developments in Fiber Reinforced Cements and Concretes, University of Wales, Cardiff, Wales, September 1989.
		Alfarabi Sharif, G.J. Al-Sulaimani, M.H. Baluch, I.A. Basunbul and B.N. Ghaleb, "Repair of Damaged R/C Beams Using Externally Bonded Fiberglass Plates", Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Structural Failure, Durability and Retrofitting, Singapore, 14‑15 July 1993, pp.
		Alfarabi Sharif, M.H. Hussain, I.A. Basunbul, M.H. Baluch and G.J. Al-Sulaimani, "Steel Plate Bonding as an External Reinforcement to Flexurally Damaged R/C Beams", Proceedings of the 4th Saudi Eng.
	faculty.kfupm.edu.sa /ce/fmsharif/Publications.htm (2043 words)

	Alfarabi 870-950 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		I am unaware of Alfarabi’s particular views on philosophy and religion, but he seems to agree with Alkindi on their compatibility.
		Alfarabi argued for the existence of TEN Intelligences (created spiritual beings), that emanated from God, the One.
		Alfarabi seems to have determined the number of the Intelligences by accepting Ptolemy’s astronomy.
	www.carroll.edu /~msmillie/philomed/alfarabi.htm (427 words)

	朝圣山之思阿尔法拉比：柏拉图的《法篇》 Powered By phpArticle Version 2.0 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		In the introduction, Alfarabi explains Plato's art of writing in general and the method he follows in writing the Laws in particular.
		In the proceeding Selections Alfarabi examines the place of laws and legislation in the broader context of political philosophy.
		In the guise of a commentary on Plato's Laws, Alfarabi shows the relevance of Plato's investigation of Greek divine laws to the study and understanding of all divine laws; hence Avicenna's statement (below, Selection 7) that Plato's Laws treat prophecy and the divine Law.
	www.moiracn.com /index/print.php/41 (8259 words)

	Amazon.com: Alfarabi, The Political Writings: Selected Aphorisms and Other Texts (Agora Editions): Books: ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Alfarabi and the Foundation of Islamic Political Philosophy by Muhsin Mahdi
		Alfarabi was among the first to explore the tensions between the philosophy of classical Greece and that of Islam, as well as of religion generally.
		This volume presents four of Alfarabi's most important texts, making his political thought available to classicists, medievalists, and scholars of religion and Byzantine and Middle Eastern studies.
	www.amazon.com /Alfarabi-Political-Writings-Selected-Aphorisms/dp/080148913X (700 words)

	Amazon.ca: Alfarabi and the Foundation of Islamic Political Philosophy: Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Beginning with a survey of Islamic philosophy and a discussion of its historical background, Mahdi considers the interrelated spheres of philosophy, political thought, theology, and jurisprudence of the time.
		He then turns to Alfarabi's concept of "the virtuous city," and concludes with an in-depth analysis of the trilogy, Philosophy of Plato and Aristotle.
		This philosophical engagement with the writings of and about Alfarabi will be essential reading for anyone interested in medieval political philosophy.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/0226501868 (344 words)

	Alfarabi and the Foundation of Islamic Political Philosophy
		Mahdi, whose research brought to light writings of Alfarabi previously known only through medieval bibliographical references, presents this great thinker as his contemporaries and followers would have seen him: as a philosopher who sought to lay the foundations for a new understanding of revealed religion and its relation to the tradition of political philosophy.
		Mahdi turns to Alfarabi's concept of "the virtuous city" in the second part of the book.
		Mahdi concludes with an examination of the work that is key to understanding Alfarabi's political thought, the trilogy knows as the "Philosophy of Plato and Aristotle.
	www.indiaplaza.com /books/pd.aspx?sku=0226501868 (277 words)

	SUNY Press :: Islamic Philosophy of Virtuous Religions, An (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Parens focuses on Alfarabi’s Attainment of Happiness, in which he envisions the kind of government and religion needed to fulfill Islam’s ambition of universal acceptance.
		Parens argues that Alfarabi seeks to temper the hopes of Muslims and other believers that one homogeneous religion might befit the entire world and counsels acceptance of the possibility of a multiplicity of virtuous religions.
		Much of Alfarabi’s approach is built upon Plato’s Republic, which Parens also examines in order to provide the necessary background for a proper understanding of Alfarabi’s thought.
	www.sunypress.edu /details.asp?id=61231 (460 words)

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		Alfarabi and the Foundation of Islamic Political Philosophy
		He then turns to Alfarabi's concept of "the virtuous city," and concludes with an in-depth analysis of the trilogy, Philosophy of Plato and Aristotle.This philosophical engagement with the writings of and about Alfarabi will be essential reading for anyone interested in medieval political philosophy.
		"Alfarabi's treatment of these subjects in his works on political philosophy and religion is not an innovation.
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	Galston, M.: Politics and Excellence: The Political Philosophy of Alfarabi.
		Widely recognized as one of the most original and profound philosophers that the medieval Islamic world produced, Alfarabi (870-950) wrote many works of political philosophy addressing the issues that dominated Greek political thought as well as new questions raised by the advent of revealed religion.
		Her inquiry centers on Alfarabi's discussions of the nature of happiness, the attributes of ideal rulers, the best form of government, and the relationship between political science and theoretical inquiry.
		Based upon a new interpretation of Alfarabi's method of writing, Galston explores his use of dialectic, which she traces, in part, to his belief that personal discovery is a condition of philosophic understanding and to his desire to create for the reader a dialogue between Plato and Aristotle.
	pup.princeton.edu /titles/4719.html (155 words)

	Alfarabi / Al Farabi (870-950)
		La actual República de Kazajistán reconoce en Alfarabi su mayor gloria histórica: la Universidad Nacional del Estado Kazajo lleva su nombre y desde 1993 los billetes de más de 200 tenge muestran el supuesto retrato de Alfarabi.
		Abu Nasr Muhammad Al-Farabi (Alpharabius, Avennasar, Alfarabi) nació cerca de Farab, en el Turquestán, en 870 (259 h.), y falleció en Damasco, con ochenta años, en diciembre de 950 (339 h.).
		Alfarabi considera a Platón y Aristóteles como los fundamentadores del pensamiento filosófico, y como supone que no tiene sentido la existencia de un germen de discrepancia entre las opiniones de los dos más grandes filósofos, lo que llevaría al escepticismo, busca la concordancia interna entre ambos, en línea con la tradición del sincretismo neoplatónico.
	www.filosofia.org /ave/001/a041.htm (407 words)

	Alfarabi and the Foundation of Islamic Political Philosophy -- Muhsin Mahdi
		Alfarabi and the Foundation of Islamic Political Philosophy -- Muhsin Mahdi
		In this work, Muhsin Mahdi distills more than four decades of research to offer an authoritative analysis of the work of Alfarabi, the founder of Islamic political philosophy.
		Mahdi concludes with an examination of the work that is key to understanding Alfarabi's political thought, the trilogy known as the Philosophy of Plato and Aristotle.
	www.frontlist.com /detail/0226501868 (249 words)

	Reading/Discussion Questions - Aristotle and Alfarabi
		According to Alfarabi, there is a natural order between investigation and proving that affects how we learn and teach.
		That is, how does Alfarabi use the meaning of words and language in order to shed light on the relationship between philosophy and religion, and the different arts and sciences?
		It could be said that with the lives of Lycurgus and Numa Plutarch presented the accounts of two truly virtuous regimes guided by the excellent philosophy of their two reformers.
	www.bsos.umd.edu /gvpt/gvpt241/ARISTOTLE.HTM (701 words)

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	Moopuna: Term Papers on Alfarabi And Aristotle: The Four Causes And The Four Stages Of The Doctrine Of
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		Alfarabi And Aristotle: The Four Causes And The Four Stages Of The Doctrine Of
		Alfarabi was raised as a young boy in Baghdad.
	www.moopuna.com /a3621.htm (357 words)

	University of Dallas - Feature Article Three
		In Alfarabi’s book Attainment of Happiness, he envisioned the kind of government and religion needed to fulfill Islam’s ambition of universal acceptance.
		Terence J. Kleven of Central College says of Alfarabi that he “shows, from within Islam, what Muslims need to consider regarding science, philosophy, politics, and other religions.” Dr. Parens’ book also relates Alfarabi’s thought to that of Plato’s Republic that served as the model for Alfarabi’s political philosophy.
		What Alfarabi did do, however, was describe in detail the elements of what makes a religion or a society truly virtuous, namely, the cultivation of correct beliefs, moral virtues, and knowledge.
	www.udallas.edu /common/article3.cfm (679 words)

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