Majid Fakhry
Biographic Data
| ID | 3776709 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Majid Fakhry |
| GIVEN NAMES | Majid |
| FAMILY NAME | Fakhry |
| SIGNATURE | FAKHRY M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universidad de Londres |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1953 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Islamic Occasionalism
Originally published in 1958.Occasionalism is generally associated in the history of philosophy with the name of Malébranche . But long before this time, the Muslim Theologians of the ninth and tenth centuries had developed an occasionalist metaphysics of atoms and accidents. Arguing that a number of distinctively Islamic concepts such as fatalism and the surrender of personal endeavour cannot be fully understood except in the perspective of the …
A History of Islamic Philosophy
The first comprehensive survey of Islamic philosophy from the seventh century to the present, this classic discusses Islamic thought and its effect on the cultural aspects of Muslim life. Fakhry shows how Islamic philosophy has followed from the earliest times a distinctive line of development, which gives it the unity and continuity that are the marks of the great intellectual movements of history
Islamic philosophy, theology and mysticism
Al-Fārābi
Celebrating Ibn Rushd’s Eight-Hundredth Anniversary
In the context of the world-wide celebrations of the eight-hundrthanniversary of Abu al-Walid Ibn Rushd, known to Western scholars asAverroes (1126-1198), the Tunisian Cultural Foundation (Bayt al-Hikmah) held an International Averroes Symposium, sponsored jointlywith UNESCO, in Carthage, Tunis, on February 16 to February 22,1998. The symposium was hosted by Abd al-Wahab Buhdiba, Directorof Bayt al-Hikmah, and was inaugurated by the President of …
Philosophy, Dogma and the Impact of Greek Thought in Islam
The Arabs and the encounter with philosophy philosophy and history al-Farabi's contribution to the development of Aristotelian logic the contemplative ideal in Islamic philosophy - Aristotle and Avicenna al-Farabi and the reconciliation of Plato and Aristotle a 10th-century Arabic interpretation of Plato's cosmology al-Biruni and Greek philosophy - an essay on philosophical erudition the Platonism of Miskawayh and its implications for his ethics …
Ethical Theories in Islam
Ethical Theories in Islam
Ethical Theories in Islam
Platonic and Aristotelian Elements in the Ethics of Averroes
The Islamic Conception of Justice
The Ontological Argument in the Arabic Tradition
The revival of interest in the ontological argument in recent years has radically altered the perception of this argument by philosophers and logicians. It had been assumed for a long time that Gaunilo in the eleventh century, Gassendi in the seventeenth and Kant in the eighteenth had succeeded in putting this argument eternally to rest. Two major developments during the last five decades have injected new vitality into that argument; the reinter…
The Platonism of Miskawayh and Its Implications for His Ethics
The impact of Platonism on Islamic philosophy has been underscored by a number of scholars in recent years, and amply demonstrated by the publication of important Platonic texts in Arabic. (1) However, difficulties of transmission and interpretation continue to obscure the subject of Arabic Platonism. Two reasons appear to be at the root of these difficulties: (a) Not a single part of the Platonic corpus has reached us, in an unadulterated or com…
Al-Farabi and the Reconciliation of Plato and Aristotle
Islamic Occasionalism and Its Critique by Averroes and Aquinas
Originally published in 1958. Occasionalism is generally associated in the history of philosophy with the name of Malebranche . But long before this time, the Muslim Theologians of the ninth and tenth centuries had developed an occasionalist metaphysics of atoms and accidents. Arguing that a number of distinctively Islamic concepts such as fatalism and the surrender of personal endeavour cannot be fully understood except in the perspective of the…
The Classical Islamic Arguments for the Existence of God
The Theocratic Idea of the Islamic State in Recent Controversies
Journal Article The Theocratic Idea of the Islamic State in Recent Controversies Get access Majid Fakhry Majid Fakhry Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 30, Issue 4, October 1954, Pages 450–462, https://doi.org/10.2307/2608725 Published: 01 October 1954
Some Paradoxical Implications of the Mu'tazilite View of Free Will
Al-Farabi and the Reconciliation of Plato and Aristotle
The Ontological Argument in the Arabic Tradition
The revival of interest in the ontological argument in recent years has radically altered the perception of this argument by philosophers and logicians. It had been assumed for a long time that Gaunilo in the eleventh century, Gassendi in the seventeenth and Kant in the eighteenth had succeeded in putting this argument eternally to rest. Two major developments during the last five decades have injected new vitality into that argument; the reinter…
The Platonism of Miskawayh and Its Implications for His Ethics
The impact of Platonism on Islamic philosophy has been underscored by a number of scholars in recent years, and amply demonstrated by the publication of important Platonic texts in Arabic. (1) However, difficulties of transmission and interpretation continue to obscure the subject of Arabic Platonism. Two reasons appear to be at the root of these difficulties: (a) Not a single part of the Platonic corpus has reached us, in an unadulterated or com…
Some Paradoxical Implications of the Mu'tazilite View of Free Will
Some Paradoxical Implications of the Mu'tazilite View of Free Will
The Theocratic Idea of the Islamic State in Recent Controversies
Journal Article The Theocratic Idea of the Islamic State in Recent Controversies Get access Majid Fakhry Majid Fakhry Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 30, Issue 4, October 1954, Pages 450–462, https://doi.org/10.2307/2608725 Published: 01 October 1954
The Classical Islamic Arguments for the Existence of God
Islamic Occasionalism and Its Critique by Averroes and Aquinas
Originally published in 1958. Occasionalism is generally associated in the history of philosophy with the name of Malebranche . But long before this time, the Muslim Theologians of the ninth and tenth centuries had developed an occasionalist metaphysics of atoms and accidents. Arguing that a number of distinctively Islamic concepts such as fatalism and the surrender of personal endeavour cannot be fully understood except in the perspective of the…
Al-Farabi and the Reconciliation of Plato and Aristotle
The Platonism of Miskawayh and Its Implications for His Ethics
The impact of Platonism on Islamic philosophy has been underscored by a number of scholars in recent years, and amply demonstrated by the publication of important Platonic texts in Arabic. (1) However, difficulties of transmission and interpretation continue to obscure the subject of Arabic Platonism. Two reasons appear to be at the root of these difficulties: (a) Not a single part of the Platonic corpus has reached us, in an unadulterated or com…
The Islamic Conception of Justice
The Ontological Argument in the Arabic Tradition
The revival of interest in the ontological argument in recent years has radically altered the perception of this argument by philosophers and logicians. It had been assumed for a long time that Gaunilo in the eleventh century, Gassendi in the seventeenth and Kant in the eighteenth had succeeded in putting this argument eternally to rest. Two major developments during the last five decades have injected new vitality into that argument; the reinter…
Platonic and Aristotelian Elements in the Ethics of Averroes
Ethical Theories in Islam
Ethical Theories in Islam
Philosophy, Dogma and the Impact of Greek Thought in Islam
The Arabs and the encounter with philosophy philosophy and history al-Farabi's contribution to the development of Aristotelian logic the contemplative ideal in Islamic philosophy - Aristotle and Avicenna al-Farabi and the reconciliation of Plato and Aristotle a 10th-century Arabic interpretation of Plato's cosmology al-Biruni and Greek philosophy - an essay on philosophical erudition the Platonism of Miskawayh and its implications for his ethics …
Ethical Theories in Islam
Celebrating Ibn Rushd’s Eight-Hundredth Anniversary
In the context of the world-wide celebrations of the eight-hundrthanniversary of Abu al-Walid Ibn Rushd, known to Western scholars asAverroes (1126-1198), the Tunisian Cultural Foundation (Bayt al-Hikmah) held an International Averroes Symposium, sponsored jointlywith UNESCO, in Carthage, Tunis, on February 16 to February 22,1998. The symposium was hosted by Abd al-Wahab Buhdiba, Directorof Bayt al-Hikmah, and was inaugurated by the President of …
Al-Fārābi
Islamic philosophy, theology and mysticism
A History of Islamic Philosophy
The first comprehensive survey of Islamic philosophy from the seventh century to the present, this classic discusses Islamic thought and its effect on the cultural aspects of Muslim life. Fakhry shows how Islamic philosophy has followed from the earliest times a distinctive line of development, which gives it the unity and continuity that are the marks of the great intellectual movements of history
Islamic Occasionalism
Originally published in 1958.Occasionalism is generally associated in the history of philosophy with the name of Malébranche . But long before this time, the Muslim Theologians of the ninth and tenth centuries had developed an occasionalist metaphysics of atoms and accidents. Arguing that a number of distinctively Islamic concepts such as fatalism and the surrender of personal endeavour cannot be fully understood except in the perspective of the …
Islamic Studies and History (13 works) · Philosophy (12 works) · Philosophy (10 works) · Islam (9 works) · Medieval and Classical Philosophy (9 works) · Epistemology (8 works) · Theology (8 works) · Education and Islamic Studies (6 works) · Islamic Thought and Society Studies (5 works) · Sociology (5 works)