This article describes about the original dimensions of al-Farabi's Islamic political philosophy by comparing it with Plato's philosophy. The originality philosophical thought in Islam was questioned critically orientalists. Orientalists had claimed that is simply a diversion from Greek However, an elaboration classical thought. In hands Muslim philosophers, reached perfection. So cannot be sai...

One of the treatises attributed to scholar and philosopher al-Farabi is fascinating single- page manuscript entitled tafsir asma al-hukama, a small document containing shorthand inventory fourteen Greek names. Although authenticity attribution still debated, treatise itself demonstrates that its author had strong interest in interplay philology philosophy – theme first appears remarkable passag...

intellect is a fundamental topic of concern in the peripatetic philosophy. a comparison of al-farabi’s approach to ‘intellect’ (an iranian muslim philosopher with an oriental background) with that of alexander of aphrodisias’ (a greek philosopher with an occidental background) may reveal the contrasting features of aristotelian peripatetic philosophy and the islamic philosophy. basing itself on...

the methodology and strategies of research in social sciences are of great importance and momentum. although very little attention has been paid, in the early scientific literature, to logic and methodology about generating knowledge, certain early muslim scholars such as farabi and ibn-e khaldun have made valuable conscious efforts in methodology, research techniques and scientific standards t...

Sufism greatly influenced the ethical beliefs and values of al-Ghazali. Had it not been for that influence, his works would have lacked their special spiritual value. In this paper, I will examine the role that Sufi philosophy played in giving spiritual depth to the ethics of al-Ghazali and how he was ultimately drawn to Sufism. Al-Ghazali moved away from his focus on the law and realized the v...