al-KINDI, ABŪ JŪSŪP JĀ'QŪR IBN TAŊĀQ. - Arab philosopher, theologian and encyclopedic man, known to medieval Latin scholasticism under the name of Alkindi or Alchindus, b. at Basra and d. around 873.
He wrote on very varied subjects, and in particular on all the parts of logic; he composed a compendium of Aristotle's Poetics, an introduction to Aristotelian philosophy divided into three parts. He generally follows Aristotelian doctrine although at times adhering to Neoplatonism. Some of his short treatises were translated into Latin, such as the one On the unity of God and the finiteness of the world and another On first philosophy (ed. Nagy). His numerous other writings are still unpublished. In theology he opposed the doctrine of the existence in God of eternal attributes distinct from his essence. On the basis of Aristotelian logic he further opposed the Christian doctrine of the Trinity, seeing in it the worship of three gods. As for the doctrine of the intellect, al-K. distinguishes between four intellects.
Bibliography6 worksA. Nagy, Die philosophischen Abhandlungen des Jā'qub ben Isḥāq al-K. (Beiträge z. Gesch. der Phil. des Mittelalters, Texte u. Untersuch., II
BIBL.: A. Nagy, Die philosophischen Abhandlungen des Jā'qub ben Isḥāq al-K. (Beiträge z. Gesch. der Phil. des Mittelalters, Texte u. Untersuch., II, V), Münster 1897; H. Suter, Die Mathematiker und Astronomen der Araber, Leipzig 1900, pp. 23-26; T. J. De Boer, Gesch. der Philosophie im Islam, Stuttgart 1901, p. 90-97; G. Furlani, Una risalah di al-K. sull'anima, in Riv. trim. di studi filosof. e rel., 3 (1922), pp. 50-63; G. Quadri, La filosofia degli Arabi nel suo fiore, I, Florence 1939, pp. 92-97; M. Guidi and R. Walzer, Uno scritto introduttivo allo studio di Aristotele (Memorie dei Lincei, VI), Rome 1940.
Furlani, Giuseppe. “al-KINDĪ, ABŪ JŪSUF JA'QŪB IBN ISḤĀQ.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VII, coll. 699–700. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951. https://azioneromana.com/article/al-kindi-abu-jusuf-ja-qub-ibn-ishaq.
MLA
Furlani, Giuseppe. “al-KINDĪ, ABŪ JŪSUF JA'QŪB IBN ISḤĀQ.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VII, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951, coll. 699–700. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/al-kindi-abu-jusuf-ja-qub-ibn-ishaq.
BibTeX
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author = {Furlani, Giuseppe},
title = {al-KINDĪ, ABŪ JŪSUF JA'QŪB IBN ISḤĀQ},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {VII},
pages = {699--700},
note = {Cited by column},
publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
address = {Città del Vaticano},
year = {1951},
url = {https://azioneromana.com/article/al-kindi-abu-jusuf-ja-qub-ibn-ishaq}
}
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