TY - JOUR
AU - Forcada, Miquel
AB - AbstractAl-Fārābī wrote about the status of medicine in many of his works, and his definition of medicine as a productive art influenced many later scholars. This definition demystified a philosophized conception of medicine that was current among the first physicians of Islam. However, al-Fārābī’s discourse is by no means unambiguous. He says that medicine may be a science, an art, and an art that may be composite, practical, stochastic and not self-sufficient. The article analyzes the textual basis of al-Fārābī’s discourse on medicine and its most salient references and influences, in connection with al-Fārābī’s understanding of Aristotle’s scientific method.
TI - Bronze and Gold
JO - Oriens
DO - 10.1163/18778372-04803003
DA - 2020-09-02
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/brill/bronze-and-gold-Xv3dBOYgB0
SP - 367
EP - 415
VL - 48
IS - 3-4
DP - DeepDyve
ER -