Kitab al-Huruf

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Kitab al-Huruf is a philosophical treatise by Al-Farabi that explores the relationship between language, logic, and metaphysics within the framework of Islamic Aristotelian thought.

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Kitab al-Huruf canonical 2

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instanceOf philosophical treatise ⓘ
work of Islamic philosophy ⓘ
addresses development of human language and concepts ⓘ
distinction between natural and conventional aspects of language ⓘ
epistemological role of language ⓘ
relationship between grammar and logic ⓘ
relationship between logic and metaphysics ⓘ
status of language in scientific knowledge ⓘ
author Al-Farabi ⓘ
discusses letters and particles of the Arabic language ⓘ
logical categories ⓘ
ontological categories ⓘ
relationship between linguistic expressions and mental concepts ⓘ
relationship between mental concepts and extra-mental realities ⓘ
relationship between words and meanings ⓘ
field Islamic intellectual history ⓘ
logic ⓘ
metaphysics ⓘ
philosophy of language ⓘ
hasForm prose treatise ⓘ
historicalContext 10th-century Islamic world ⓘ
classical Islamic philosophy ⓘ
influencedBy Arabic grammatical tradition ⓘ
Aristotelian logic ⓘ
linked to: Aristotelianism

Aristotelian metaphysics ⓘ
Aristotle ⓘ
Hellenistic philosophy ⓘ
language Arabic ⓘ
mainTheme Islamic Aristotelian thought ⓘ
logic ⓘ
metaphysics ⓘ
philosophy of language ⓘ
relationship between language and logic ⓘ
relationship between language and metaphysics ⓘ
notableFor influence on later Islamic logicians and philosophers ⓘ
integration of Arabic grammar with Aristotelian logic ⓘ
systematic linkage of linguistic, logical, and metaphysical categories ⓘ
partOf Al-Farabi's logical corpus ⓘ
philosophicalTradition Aristotelianism ⓘ
Islamic philosophy ⓘ
Peripatetic philosophy ⓘ
linked to: Peripatetic school
region Islamic East ⓘ
relatedWork Al-Farabi's Kitab al-Alfaz al-Musta'mala fi al-Mantiq ⓘ
Al-Farabi's logical commentaries on Aristotle ⓘ
titleTranslation Book of Letters ⓘ

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Al-Farabi → majorWork → Kitab al-Huruf ⓘ
Kitab al-Musiqa al-Kabir → relatedWork → Kitab al-Huruf ⓘ