al-Fārābī

By Enrico Livia

Philosophy demands attention. This book invites you to read calmly and offers a clear, structured path -without losing rigor or falling into oversimplification.
Al-Fārābī was above all an organizer of thought, and for him logic was the gateway to philosophy: defining, demonstrating, inferring with discipline, and distinguishing with precision. He also thought deeply about politics. His virtuous city took up the Platonic ideal and rethought it within the Islamic world, asking what conditions make possible a community capable of living well and justly.
His legacy was to teach others how to understand systems with precision. He showed that transmitting ideas was already building civilization, and that Greek rigor could take root in the Islamic world without losing its depth.
In this book you'll find:

his key ideas explained in their historical contextreason and revelationphilosopher-prophetfelicity as an ordered soula look at their impact on later thoughthis reflections on the divine, truth, good and evil, and deatha final section of critiques and open questions to deepen the explorationa guide to sources and recommended readings

This volume is part of the series Complex Philosophy in Simple Terms. Each book can be read on its own, but it also connects with the others within a larger journey that traces Western philosophy from its beginnings to the modern search for meaning.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0G3968N89
• ISBN13: 9798275415582
• Release Date: November 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 56 Pages
• Weight: 0.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"