Bronze and Gold: Al-Fārābī on Medicine
Abstract Al-Fārābī wrote about the status of medicine in many of his works, and his definition of medicine as a productive art influenced many later scholars. This definition demystified a philosophized conception of medicine that was current among the first physicians of Islam. However, al-Fārābī’s...
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| Medienart: | Elektronisch Aufsatz |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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Brill
2020
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Oriens
Jahr: 2020, Band: 48, Heft: 3/4, Seiten: 367-415 |
| weitere Schlagwörter: | B
Medicine
B al-Fārābī B Art B Science B Philosophy |
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| Zusammenfassung: | Abstract Al-Fārābī wrote about the status of medicine in many of his works, and his definition of medicine as a productive art influenced many later scholars. This definition demystified a philosophized conception of medicine that was current among the first physicians of Islam. However, al-Fārābī’s discourse is by no means unambiguous. He says that medicine may be a science, an art, and an art that may be composite, practical, stochastic and not self-sufficient. The article analyzes the textual basis of al-Fārābī’s discourse on medicine and its most salient references and influences, in connection with al-Fārābī’s understanding of Aristotle’s scientific method. |
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| ISSN: | 1877-8372 |
| Enthält: | Enthalten in: Oriens
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/18778372-04803003 |