The philosopher responds : an intellectual correspondence from the tenth century. Volume one /
Questions and answers from two great philosophersWhy is laughter contagious? Why do mountains exist? Why do we long for the past, even if it is scarred by suffering? Spanning a vast array of subjects that range from the philosophical to the theological, from the philological to the scientific, The P...
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New York :
New York University Press,
[2019]
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| Loạt: | Library of Arabic literature.
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Mục lục:
- Intro; Letter from the General Editor; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Map: Buyid and Neighbouring Lands; Note on the Text; Notes to the Introduction; The Philosopher Responds; On the differences between a number of similar words-a linguistic question; On why people commend the keeping of secrets yet still disclose them-an ethical question; On why certain names are more pleasing than others-a composite question about the secrets of nature and the letters of the language; On why people preach renunciation but do not practice it
- On reasons, causes, time, and place-a question relating to voluntary choiceOn why people seek worldly goods through knowledge but do not seek knowledge through worldly goods-a question relating to voluntary choice; On why people long for the past-a natural question; On why men of knowledge tend to be conceited-an ethical question; On why people are sometimes ashamed and sometimes proud of wrongdoing; on the meaning of shame; On why people claim to have knowledge they lack-a natural question; On why it pleases people when others ascribe good qualities to them-a natural question
- On why it is bad to praise people in their presence and good to praise them in their absence-a question relating to voluntary choiceOn why people want to know what others say about them in their absence-a natural question; On why people disapprove of young people who act as if they were older-a question relating to voluntary choice; On why mean people tend to be mild-tempered and generous people volatile-an ethical question; On why people need to acquire knowledge but not ignorance-a question relating to nature and voluntary choice
- On why people who provoke admiration also feel wonder at themselves on the nature of wonder; on describing and knowing God-a natural question; On why it is unseemly to eulogize long-time friends and acquaintances-a question relating to voluntary choice; On why blind people are often endowed with unusual powers-a natural question; On why people say that nothing good comes from partnership- a question relating to nature and voluntary choice; On why people use intermediaries despite the problems with partnership-a question relating to voluntary choice
- On why people speak gladly about the needs of those they concern themselves with yet keep quiet about their own needs-a question relating to natural and ethical mattersOn why some people become famous after they die-a question relating to natural and ethical matters; On why men of virtue and reason feel envious toward their equals even though they know envy is blameworthy-an ethical question; On why we fear death but sometimes welcome it-a question relating to natural and ethical matters; On why thin people tend to be noble and fat people ignoble-a natural question