Models of Desire in Graeco-Arabic Philosophy

From Plotinus to Ibn Ṭufayl

AvBethany Somma

Inbunden, Engelska, 2021

Del 27 i serien Studies in Platonism, Neoplatonism, and the Platonic Tradition

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Beskrivning

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 Bāǧǧa and Ibn Ṭufayl. 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.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2021-03-11
Mått:155 x 235 x 24 mm
Vikt:600 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Studies in Platonism, Neoplatonism, and the Platonic Tradition
Antal sidor:272
Förlag:Brill
ISBN:9789004460836

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Filosofiska discipliner inom Filosofi och religion

Mer om författaren

Bethany Somma, Ph.D (2018), is a postdoc at the LMU Munich. Their research focuses on psychology, ethics, and animals in ancient Greek philosophy and philosophy of the Islamic world.

Innehållsförteckning

AcknowledgementsAbbreviationsIntroduction: Desire and Its Models1 Methodology2 The Two Models and the Human Goal3 Structure and Scope1 An Inherent Model of Desire: Plotinus on Desire for the Good1 Terminology of Desire2 Desire in the General Structure of Reality3 Desire in Intellect4 Desire in Soul5 Desire in Judgments and Action6 What Does It Mean to Desire the Good?7 Being Good-Like8 Becoming like the Good9 Formless Desire2 The Plotiniana Arabica and Desire’s Discontents1 Desire in Intellect2 Soul’s Desire of Intellect3 Soul and Body’s Desire4 Assimilation and the Ethical Implications of Soul’s Procession5 Virtue and the Return6 Avicenna on the Theology of Aristotle3 Aristotle and al-Fārābī on Desire1 Aristotle on Desire2 Al-Fārābī on Desire3 Al-Fārābī on Aristotle on Desire4 Models of Desire in Aristotle and al-Fārābī4 Ibn Bāǧǧa on Desire and Conceptualization1 Desire in the Soul2 Desire in the Human Being3 Striving Soul and the Body4 Ibn Bāǧǧa on al-Ġazalī and the Sufis5 Human Excellence and Desire5 Ibn Ṭufayl: Situating Ḥayy Ibn Yaqẓān1 The Purpose and Methodology of the Text2 Ibn Ṭufayl on His Influences3 Origins and Orientation6 The Desire Inherent to Ibn Ṭufayl’s Ḥayy Ibn Yaqẓān1 Ḥayy’s Desire2 Ibn Ṭufayl’s Interpretation of Avicenna and al-Ġazālī on Desire3 Appetite and Dissection4 Holistic Goal of Ḥayy’s Education5 Subject of Education, Subject of DesireConclusion: Modelling the Study1 Drawing the Boundaries of the Book2 Ibn Bāǧǧa and Ibn Ṭufayl: Modelling Good DesireBibliographyIndex