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The relationship between Beauty and Metaphysics in Farabi
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| Mehdi Bahrami * |
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Abstract: (8258 Views) |
| The issue of metaphysics is one of the
important problems in philosophy and
especially in Islamic philosophy. Practically,
all of muslim philosophers pay more attention
to this aspect of philosophy which is also
very famous in the Middle East and ancient
philosophy. The metaphysics is a basis for
many theories in Islamic philosophy because
of Good’s pivotal place in this philosophy.
In fact, God, i.e epistemology of God, is an
important subject in Islamic philosophy and
the study of God and its issues have been
always regarded as a part of metaphysics in
Islamic philosophy. Farabi is one of Muslim
philosophers who is known as the Second
Teacher. He formulated his Islamic philosophy
on the basis of Aristotle’s philosophy. In this
paper, I want to study metaphysical theory of
Farabi and his theory of beauty and describe
the relationship between them by method
of philosophical analysis. Whereas Farabi
expresses intellectual beauty as something
that refers to intelligible world, it seems
that there are deep linking between beauty
and metaphysics. In addition, when God as
one part of metaphysics is regarded as the
beautiful existence in his theory of beauty,
how can we separate metaphysics and beauty
in philosophy of Farabi? |
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| Keywords: Farabi, metaphysics, beauty, perfection |
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Type of Study: Research |
Subject:
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Received: 2015/07/12 | Accepted: 2015/07/12
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