Breaking with Athens Alfarabi as Founder

This unique interpretation of Alfarabi's thought stresses the ways in which the tenth-century Arab philosopher self-consciously broke the metaphysical tradition that began with Plato. By examining Alfarabi's work as more than an extension or continuation of Greek philosophy, Colmo rethinks what medieval philosophy is and challenges almost universal assumptions about the origins of modernity.

Christopher A. Colmo is Professor of Political Science at Dominican University in River Forest, Illinois.

Acknowledgments	ix
Introduction	1	(3)
1 Human Action and the Quest for Certainty	4	(13)
2 The Natural and the Voluntary	17	(7)
3 Teleology in an Imperfect World	24	(13)
4 From the Outset	37	(18)
5 Why Philosophy? Alfarabi's Platonic Comedy	55	(34)
6 Theory and Practice in the Book of Religion	89	(15)
7 Alfarabi, Islam, and the Hereafter	104	(16)
8 Neoplatonic Theology	120	(11)
9 Alfarabi's Discourse on Method	131	(35)
Conclusion	166	(3)
Notes	169	(8)
References and Bibliography	177	(8)
Index	185	(4)
About the Author	189

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Breaking with Athens Alfarabi as Founder

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