Language and Being in al-Farabi: The Philosophy of Taskik

Language and Being in al-Farabi is the first monograph devoted to the philosophy of language and metaphysics of Abu Nasr al-Farabi (d. 950), a medieval Aristotelian, and Islamic philosopher. Asking questions concerning the relationship between language, meaning, and being, Ansari explores the history of Greek philosophy in Arabic, and its development into the early modern Islamic context.