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Models of Desire in Graeco-Arabic Philosophy - From Plotinus to Ibn Tufayl (Hardcover)
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Models of Desire in Graeco-Arabic Philosophy - From Plotinus to Ibn Tufayl (Hardcover)
Series: Studies in Platonism, Neoplatonism, and the Platonic Tradition, 27
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This study argues that late ancient Greek and medieval Islamic
philosophers interpret human desire along two frameworks in
reaction to Aristotle's philosophy. The investigation of the model
dichotomy unfolds historically from the philosophy of Plotinus
through the Graeco-Arabic translation movement in 8th-10th century
Baghdad to 12th century al-Andalus with the philosophy of Ibn BaGGa
and Ibn Tufayl. Diverging on desire's inherent or non-inherent
relation to the desiring subject, the two models reveal that the
desire's role can orient opposed accounts of human perfection:
logically-structured demonstrative knowledge versus an ineffable
witnessing of the truth. Understanding desire along these models,
philosophers incorporated supra-rational aspects into philosophical
accounts of the human being.
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