In the Age of al-Fārābī: Arabic Philosophy in the Fourth/Tenth Century

by Peter S. Adamson (Editor)

Contains papers that cover a conference held at the Warburg Institute in 2006 to consider the philosophy of al-Farabi alongside other intellectual developments of his time, together with a wide range of other figures and traditions from the period.

Genres: Philosophy

316 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2008

About the author

Peter Scott Adamson is an American academic who is professor of philosophy in late antiquity and in the Islamic world at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich as well as professor of ancient and medieval philosophy at Kings College London.