Philosophy and Religion in the Political Thought of Alfarabi

Bibliographic Data

ID3407656
AuthorsIshraq Ali (0000-0002-0179-9163, University of Religions and Denominations, corresponding author)
Year2023
Volume14
Issue7
Pages908
Publication date2023-07-13
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueReligions (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2077-1444 • E-ISSN: 2077-1444
PublisherMDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT)
DOI10.3390/rel14070908
OpenAlexW4384341766
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited8

Philosophy and religion were the two important sources of knowledge for medieval Arab Muslim polymaths. Owing to the difference between the nature of philosophy and religion, the interplay between philosophy and religion often takes the form of conflict in medieval Muslim thought as exemplified by the Al-Ghazali versus Averroes (Ibn Rusd) polemic. Unlike the Al-Ghazali versus Averroes (Ibn Rushd) polemic, the interplay between philosophy and religion in the political philosophy of Abu Nasr Alfarabi takes the form of harmonious co-existence. Although, for Alfarabi, religion is an inferior form of knowledge as compared to philosophy, the present article will show that philosophy and religion play equally significant roles in Alfarabi's virtuous city and that in the absence of either philosophy or religion, the political system proposed by Alfarabi cannot exist

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