According to Aristotle, metaphysics is utterly important. It’s the first philosophy that is concerned with ‘the first causes and principles of things.’ The field needs to explain things that are beyond the physical world. Theology is a field that is concerned with metaphysical questions and puts God in the centre. Al-Ghazali is notorious for beingMeer lezen over “Is metaphysics a bad philosophy?”
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Knowledge as a commodity
Aristotle was seen as the first master. He lived from 384-322 BC. It took quite some time before the next big philosopher was discovered. Al-Farabi (872-950) was seen as the next big hit. Still, the third master hasn’t been discovered yet. Al-Farabi wasn’t just a philosopher, he was also a scientist, musician, logician, cosmologist andMeer lezen over “Knowledge as a commodity”