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The political philosophy of Plato and Al-Farabi: "The Republic" and "The Virtuous City"

2023
Al-Farabi's political theory is a mixture of Platonic and Aristotelian elements. Man, according to Al-Farabi, is political by nature, and he attains his happiness within the ideal state, as Plato had thought. According to Al-Farabi, society is either perfect or imperfect. Perfect society is of three kinds: the highest, the intermediate, and the lowest.
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To the Virtuous and Public Spirited Corporation of the City of Cork

The Anti-Union
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The Virtuous City of the Ikhwān al-Ṣafāʾ: A Medieval Islamic Reflection on Worldliness and Communal Division

Utopian Studies, 2023
ABSTRACT The present article examines the utopian and theological politics of the Ikhwān al-Ṣafāʾ (Brethren of Purity). I focus on the Ikhwān’s elusive “virtuous city,” a harmonious and righteous community situated on a wondrous island, where residents work in unison toward salvation by deferring to one creed.
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The Virtuous City: The Iranian and Islamic Heritage of Utopianism

Utopian Studies, 2013
ABSTRACT Although there are myriad sources on utopia and utopian studies, in none of them is there reference to the Iranian utopia The Virtuous City, written by Abu Nasr Farabi (ca. 870–950), Iranian philosopher, logician, and musician and founder of Islamic philosophy.
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Rethinking the Relationship Between Al-Farabi and Plato in the Concept of the Virtuous City

Islamic Knowledge and Insight
This article examines the Greek roots of Al-Farabi’s political thought concerning the concept of the Virtuous City and aims to explain and analyze the influence of Plato and Aristotle’s political ideas on Al-Farabi. The research method is theoretical in terms of its objective and library-based in terms of data collection. In this study, one of the most
Hanieh Mirdrikundi, Hossein Falsafi
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Prophetic Niche in the Virtuous City: The Concept of Ḥikmah in Early Islamic Thought

Al-Masāq, 2014
Ḥikma, which is variously defined as wisdom, science or philosophy, has a wide spectrum of connotations and comprehends a diverse range of human knowledge.
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The Virtuous City

Abstract This chapter begins by delineating the reform project of the Prison Service to overhaul the prison system in Egypt. Second, the chapter shows how the Brothers were able to build a society for themselves in prison, most notably in Camp Wāḥāt, and how they engaged in literary and recreational activities that mirrored the reforms ...
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Action Research_ 100 Virtuous cities.

2012
INNOVATION DESIGN DRIVEN generated by new services for the TRANSIENT CITIZEN, oriented towards preserving the ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY of the CITY OF THE THIRD MILLENNIUM, for the management, development and the equipment of RESIDUAL URBAN AREAS. The research program has foreseen the development, for the 100 cities in the world with the most significant ...
G. Piccinno, E. Lega
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EVALUATION OF FARABI'S CONCEPT OF VIRTUOUS CITY

2022
Bir Türk-İslam filozofu olan Farabi yaklaşık olarak 870-950 yılları arasında yaşamıştır ve en önemli İslam filozoflarından biri olarak kabul edilmektedir. Bu çalışmada bu büyük İslam filozofunun erdemli ya da faziletli olan ve olmayan şehirleri incelenerek birbirleriyle karşılaştırılmaya çalışılmıştır.
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On Prophecy and Revelation in the Virtuous City: Towards Establishing a Viable Framework for Re-Contextualizing al-Fārābī

2023
Though relatively unknown to non-specialists, Abū Naṣr al-Fārābī is a fundamental member of the community of Muslims who founded Islamic Philosophy. In his tenth-century work, On the Perfect State, al-Fārābī tackles questions of eminent importance to society of Muslims still deciding who they were.
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