Konsep Ilmu Menurut Fakhr al-Din al-Razi

Moral Motivation From the Viewpoint of Fakhr ol-Din Razi

Moral motivation is an important issue in meta-ethics. Its three basic issues include the nature of moral motivation, the nature of the relationship between moral judgment and moral motivation, and the relationship between moral motivation and the nature of moral attributes. Fakhr’s views are scholastic and theological, and from the point of view of contemporary moral philosophy, a modern readi...

RAZI AND HIS BOOK ON AL-TIN AL NISHABURI

RAZI AND HIS BOOK ON AL- TIN AL NISHABURI

Al-Razi and Islamic medicine in the 9th century.

Although Baghdad was only 50 years old in the 9th century, it was at the peak of its political power, a powerhouse of learning and the leading medical centre of the time. It was there that many important Greek works were translated into Arabic, including Dioscorides's Materia medica, which formed the basis for Arabic pharmacology. While Islamic physicians revered Greek medicine and seldom quest...

An Overview of Mathematical Contributions of Ghiyath al-Din Jamshid Al-Kashi [Kashani]

In this paper, we study Ghiyath al-Din Jamshid al-Kashi's (1380-1429 A.D.) main mathematical achievements. We discuss his al-Risala al-muhitiyya ("The Treatise on the Circumference"), Risala al-watar wa'l-jaib ("The Treatise on the Chord and Sine"), and Miftah al-hisab ("The Key of Arithmetic"). In particular, we look at al-Kashi's fundamental theorem, his calcula...