Book Review

The Eudaimonist Ethics of al-Fārābī and Avicenna

Volume: 21 Number: 3 December 31, 2023
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The Eudaimonist Ethics of al-Fārābī and Avicenna

Abstract

This paper is about the book which is written by Janne Matilla “(The Eudaimonist Ethics of al-Fārābī and Avicenna, Leiden: Brill, 2022, 256 pages)”. This work written by Matilla revolves around the comparative analysis of two eminent philosophers of Islamic Philosophy. Matilla adopts partially the method that emerges in the literature about Islamic Philosophy. Therefore, the results that the author reaches are unique contributions to the literature. Because this method is not applied completely, some problems of interpretation are seen in the work.

Keywords

al-Fārābī, Avicenna, Ethical philosophy, Eudaimonism, Virtue, Practical philosophy

References

  1. Janos, Damien. Method, Structure and Development in al-Fārābī’s Cosmology. (Leiden: Brill, 2012).
  2. Matilla, Janne. The Eudaimonist Ethics of al-Fārābī and Avicenna. Leiden: Brill, 2022.
APA
Kalyoncu, R. T. (2023). The Eudaimonist Ethics of al-Fārābī and Avicenna. Kader, 21(3), 1011-1016. https://izlik.org/JA72MJ99LD
AMA
1.Kalyoncu RT. The Eudaimonist Ethics of al-Fārābī and Avicenna. Kader. 2023;21(3):1011-1016. https://izlik.org/JA72MJ99LD
Chicago
Kalyoncu, Rıza Tevfik. 2023. “The Eudaimonist Ethics of Al-Fārābī and Avicenna”. Kader 21 (3): 1011-16. https://izlik.org/JA72MJ99LD.
EndNote
Kalyoncu RT (December 1, 2023) The Eudaimonist Ethics of al-Fārābī and Avicenna. Kader 21 3 1011–1016.
IEEE
[1]R. T. Kalyoncu, “The Eudaimonist Ethics of al-Fārābī and Avicenna”, Kader, vol. 21, no. 3, pp. 1011–1016, Dec. 2023, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA72MJ99LD
ISNAD
Kalyoncu, Rıza Tevfik. “The Eudaimonist Ethics of Al-Fārābī and Avicenna”. Kader 21/3 (December 1, 2023): 1011-1016. https://izlik.org/JA72MJ99LD.
JAMA
1.Kalyoncu RT. The Eudaimonist Ethics of al-Fārābī and Avicenna. Kader. 2023;21:1011–1016.
MLA
Kalyoncu, Rıza Tevfik. “The Eudaimonist Ethics of Al-Fārābī and Avicenna”. Kader, vol. 21, no. 3, Dec. 2023, pp. 1011-6, https://izlik.org/JA72MJ99LD.
Vancouver
1.Rıza Tevfik Kalyoncu. The Eudaimonist Ethics of al-Fārābī and Avicenna. Kader [Internet]. 2023 Dec. 1;21(3):1011-6. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA72MJ99LD