Socrates Arabus: Life and teachings = Suqrat 'ind al-'Arab, hayatuhu wa-aqwaluhu [Max Schloessinger memorial series., 8]

Ilai Alon

ISBN 10: 965222605X / ISBN 13: 9789652226051

Published by Jerusalem : Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 1995

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206, 207 pages ; 22 cm. In English & Arabic.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Socrates Arabus: Life and teachings = Suqrat 'ind al-'Arab, hayatuhu wa-aqwaluhu [Max Schloessinger memorial series., 8]
• Publisher: Jerusalem : Hebrew University of Jerusalem
• Publication Date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 965222605X
• ISBN 13: 9789652226051
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New
• Seller catalogs:
  • Classical Studies
  • Islam
  • Philosophy

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Synopsis

Socrates Life and teachings Sources, translations, notes, apparatus and indices Prof. Ilai Alon Text VIII, [ISBN 966-222-605-X], 207+206 pp., 1995 This book is a major resource for the study of Socrates as seen by the Muslim tradition. The characteristics attributed to him in Islamic thought are mainly in the realm of ethics. His wisdom was recorded in medieval Muslim literature in the form of sayings or descriptions of behavior, in a style reminiscent of prophetic traditions (ḥadīth) in Islam. The Arab Socrates is thus different from thinkers such as Plato or Aristotle, who were seen as systematic philosophers; this difference is probably due to the fact that some of their writings had been translated into Arabic. Among the more important issues in the legacy of the Arab Socrates (who was sometimes confused with Diogenes) was his encounter with the king and his trial and death; his views on God; life and death; speech and silence, and on wisdom and stupidity. The book contains approximately 900 items of information culled from various philosophical, historical, literary and theological sources in Arabic. The material is organized in two biography and teachings. The Arabic text is accompanied by an English translation, copious footnotes, indices and a detailed critical apparatus. The book complements a previous study by the author, Socrates in medieval literature, published by the Magnes Press and Brill in 1991.