Kitab al-Jam bayn Ra’yay al-Hakimayn

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Kitab al-Jam bayn Ra’yay al-Hakimayn is a philosophical treatise by Al-Farabi that seeks to reconcile and harmonize the views of the two great ancient philosophers, typically understood as Plato and Aristotle.

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instanceOf Arabic philosophical work
philosophical treatise
aim reconciliation of Plato and Aristotle
alsoKnownAs The Harmonization of the Opinions of the Two Sages
associatedWith falsafa
author Al-Farabi
centralTheme compatibility of Plato and Aristotle
harmony of philosophical doctrines
concerns emanationist cosmology
hierarchy of beings
relationship between religion and philosophy
discusses cosmology
intellect
soul
the nature of the First Cause
focusesOn epistemology
metaphysics
political philosophy
genre commentary
comparative philosophy
historicalPeriod Islamic Golden Age
influenced later Islamic philosophers
tradition of harmonization (al-jamʿ) of philosophers
influencedBy Aristotle
Greek philosophy
Plato
language Arabic
mainSubject Aristotle
Plato
philosophy
method philosophical analysis
systematic comparison of doctrines
partOf corpus of Al-Farabi
philosophicalApproach Neoplatonic Aristotelianism
philosophicalPosition Plato
surface form: Plato and Aristotle are fundamentally in agreement
philosophicalTradition Islamic philosophy
regionOfOrigin Abbasid Caliphate
titleInArabicScript Kitab al-Jam bayn Ra’yay al-Hakimayn self-linksurface differs
surface form: كتاب الجمع بين رأيي الحكيمين
twoSagesIdentifiedAs Aristotle
Plato
usedIn study of medieval Islamic philosophy
study of reception of Greek philosophy in Islam

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Al-Farabi majorWork Kitab al-Jam bayn Ra’yay al-Hakimayn
Kitab al-Jam bayn Ra’yay al-Hakimayn titleInArabicScript Kitab al-Jam bayn Ra’yay al-Hakimayn self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Kitab al-Jamʿ bayn Raʾyay al-Ḥakimayn
this entity surface form: كتاب الجمع بين رأيي الحكيمين