AL-KINDI’ PHILOSOPHY OF MUSIC: COSMOLOGICAL ASPECT
https://doi.org/10.22311/2074-1529-2017-13-2-41-54
Abstract
The present article considers the cosmological aspect of philosophy of music of the first prominent representative of the Peripatetic Arabic school, famous philosopher, theologian, astronomer, naturalist of — Abu Yusuf Ya‘qub al-Kindi (d. 256/873) The basis of al-Kindi’s "operational cosmology" is investigated separately. The author gives a conclusion about ontological value of music in al-Kindi’s philosophical worldview. There is also given a statement about originality of a number of "fundamental principles" in the faylasuf’s musical theory.
About the Author
F. O. Nofal
Lugansk State University named after V. Dahl
Ukraine
Ukraine
Faris O. Nofal - postgraduate student.
20a, Molodezhniy kvartal, Lugansk, 91034References
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Nofal F.O. AL-KINDI’ PHILOSOPHY OF MUSIC: COSMOLOGICAL ASPECT. Islam in the modern world. 2017;13(2):41-54. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.22311/2074-1529-2017-13-2-41-54
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