Cross-cultural dialogue: Plato’s and Abu Bakr al-Razi’s discourse on the philosophic life

• Main Author: Moris, Megawati
• Format: Proceeding Paper
• Language: English
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: B Philosophy (General); B108 Ancient; BP1 Islam
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/108921/1/108921_Cross-cultural%20dialogue.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/108921/
• Institution: Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia

The discourse on the philosophic life was said to be systematically and extensively started by the Greek philosopher Plato (d. 348/347 B.C.E). In the Islamic philosophical tradition, Abu Bakr al-Rāzī or Rhazes (d. 925 C.E) also showed concern about it in his writings. Both philosophers conceived the...