Alfarabi’s Book of Letters (Kitab Al-Huruf)

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252 pp of Arabic text + introduction in English, hard back binding in d/w, notes, index,Serie Recherches 45, Premiere serie: Pensee Arabe Et Islamic, Commentary On Aristotles Metaphysics, Introduction And Notes By Muhsin Mahdi, Jame Richard Jewett Professor of Arabic Harvard University. Copy in mint condition, New. Dar Al-Machreq, Beirut, Third Edition, 2004, ISBN: 2721460196 The theme of Kitab Al-huruf of Al-Farabi is the examination of "in how many ways" a thing is said to be. Although Al-Farabi takes Aristotle’s Metaphysics as his guide and model, he neither adheres to its traditional arrangement nor follows any of his traditional methods of commentary. The text of Al-Farabi is edited and introduced here for the first time by a leading scholar in the field of Islamic philosophy.