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This book introduces readers to Abu Bakr al-Razi (known as Rhazes in Latin), one of the most innovative and divisive figures of the early philosophical tradition in the Islamic world. It attempts to reconstruct his notorious theory of "five eternals" which posited four principles alongside God for the creation of the world, and led Razi to be charged with heresy by other writers. Other topics discussed in depth include his medical works, his alchemical theories, his works on ethics, and his much misunderstood views on religion and prophecy.

Note biographique

Peter Adamson took his doctorate from the University of Notre Dame and first worked at King's College London. In 2012 he moved to LMU Munich, where he is Professor of Late Ancient and Arabic Philosophy. He has published widely in ancient and medieval philosophy, especially on Neoplatonism and on philosophy in the Islamic world.

Table des matières

• Series Foreword by Brian Davies


• Acknowledgements


• 1. Doubts About Razi


• 2. God


• 3. Soul


• 4. Matter


• 5. Time and Place


• 6. Prophecy


• 7. Medicine


• 8. Ethics


• Notes


• Bibliography


• Index

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