Article ID: CBB000931195

“If It Were God Who Sent Them . . .”: Aristotle and Al-Fārābī on Prophetic Vision (2008)

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Al-Farabi's title of ``Second Teacher'' after Aristotle is well-warranted. Al-Farabi's work serves to illuminate the writings of the ``First Teacher'' in interesting and overlooked ways that go beyond the parameters of Aristotelian logic. Credence is lent to this assessment through the analysis of a specific topic, namely, authentic prophetic vision. At first glance, this seems like a strange assertion to make given Aristotle's apparent skepticism and indifference regarding the topic of prophecy. However, as this paper will show, there is a latent theory of prophetic vision in the extant texts of Aristotle that al-Farabi recognizes and completes in a way that is, in large part, faithful to and consistent with the corpus of Aristotle as we read it today. In the end, al-Farabi provides insight into how a properly Aristotelian theory of authentic prophetic vision could be realized.

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Authors & Contributors
Hasnawi, Ahmad
Bertolacci, Amos
Adamson, Peter
Zellini, Paolo
Thom, Paul
Schoeler, Gregor
Concepts
Philosophy
Arab/Islamic world, civilization and culture
Logic
Numbers
Paradox (logic)
Religion
Time Periods
10th century
Medieval
11th century
Ancient
9th century
13th century
Places
Europe
Mediterranean region
Andalusia (Spain)
Byzantium
Greece
Mesopotamia
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