"THE BOOK OF LETTERS IS MADE OF THREE PARTS. THE FIRST PART IS SUPPOSED TO BE A COMMENTARY ON THE @ BOOK OF THE METAPHYSICS BY ARISTOTLE. WE HAVE SHOWN THAT EACH DIVISION OF THIS PART HAS BY NO MEANS ANY EQUIVALENT IN THE @ BOOK OF THE METAPHYSICS ; IF FARABI'S ANALYSIS OF SUBSTANCE, ACCIDENT, BEING ETC. IS FOUND IN THE @ BOOK, IT IS AN ALTOGETHER DIFFERENT CASE WITH HOMONYMY, SYNONYMY, PARONYMY ETC. WICH HARK BACK TO THE CATEGORIES REVISED AND OFTEN MODIFIED BY NEOPLATONIC COMMENTATORS OF ARISTOTLE SUCH AS PORPHYRY AND SIMPLICIUS. THE SECOND PART DEALS ROUGHLY WITH THREE MAIN PROBLEMS: THE ORIGIN OF LANGUAGE, THE EMERGENCE OF DEDUCTIVE DISCIPLINES AND THE RELATION BETWEEN PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGION. AS FOR THE THIRD PART, IT IS PERFECTLY SYMMETRICAL TO THE FIRST, SINCE WHAT IS ANALYSED IN THE FIRST PART FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF THE ONE WHO ASKS IS STUDIED IN THE THIRD FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF THE ONE WHO ANSWERS. IN OTHER WORDS ALL THE ANALYSIS DEVELOPED BY FARABI ON BEING, SUBSTANCE, ACCIDENT, ESSENCE ETC. WILL BE RE-EXAMINED FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF QUESTIONING."
"LE LIVRE DES LETTRES SE COMPOSE DE TROIS PARTIES. LA PREMIERE PARTIE PASSE POUR ETRE UN COMMENTAIRE DU LIVRE @ DE LA METAPHYSIQUE D'ARISTOTE. NOUS AVONS MONTRE QU'IL S'EN FALLAIT DE BEAUCOUP POUR QUE CHACUNE DES DIVISIONS DE CETTE PARTIE AIT SON PENDANT DANS LE LIVRE @ DE LA METAPHYSIQUE ; SI L'ANALYSE QUE FARABI CONSACRE A LA SUBSTANCE, A L'ACCIDENT, A L'ETRE, AU "EN VUE DE QUOI...", ETC. TROUVE SON EQUIVALENT DANS LE LIVRE @, NOUS NE POUVONS PAS DIRE AUTANT DE L'HOMONYMIE, DE LA SYNONYMIE, DE LA PARONYMIE, ETC. QUI RENVOIENT PLUTOT AUX CATEGORIES REVUES ET SOUVENT MODIFIEES PAR DES COMMENTATEURS NEOPLATONICIENS D'ARISTOTE TELS QUE PORPHYRE ET SIMPLICIUS. LA DEUXIEME PARTIE PORTE, EN GROS, SUR TROIS PROBLEMES FONDAMENTAUX : L'ORIGINE DU LANGAGE, L'EMERGENCE DES DISCIPLINES DEDUCTIVES ET LA RELATION ENTRE LA PHILOSOPHIE ET LA RELIGION. QUANT A LA TROISIEME PARTIE, ON PEUT LA CONSIDERER DANS UNE PARFAITE SYMETRIE AVEC LA PREMIERE, PUISQUE CE QUI EST ANALYSE DANS LA PREMIERE PARTIE DU POINT DE VUE DE LA REPONSE EST REPRIS ET ETUDIE DANS LA TROISIEME DU POINT DE VUE, CETTE FOIS, DU REPONDANT. AUTREMENT DIT, TOUTES LES ANALYSES DEVELOPPEES PAR FARABI A PROPOS DE L'ETRE, DE LA SUBSTANCE, DE L'ACCIDENT, DE L'ESSENCE, ETC. VONT ETRE REELABOREES A PARTIR DE L'INTERROGATION."
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This is a placeholder reference for a Topic entity, related to a WorldCat Entity. Over time, these references will be replaced with persistent URIs to VIAF, FAST, WorldCat, and other Linked Data resources.
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This is a placeholder reference for a Topic entity, related to a WorldCat Entity. Over time, these references will be replaced with persistent URIs to VIAF, FAST, WorldCat, and other Linked Data resources.
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This is a placeholder reference for a Topic entity, related to a WorldCat Entity. Over time, these references will be replaced with persistent URIs to VIAF, FAST, WorldCat, and other Linked Data resources.
This is a placeholder reference for a Topic entity, related to a WorldCat Entity. Over time, these references will be replaced with persistent URIs to VIAF, FAST, WorldCat, and other Linked Data resources.
This is a placeholder reference for a Topic entity, related to a WorldCat Entity. Over time, these references will be replaced with persistent URIs to VIAF, FAST, WorldCat, and other Linked Data resources.
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This is a placeholder reference for a Topic entity, related to a WorldCat Entity. Over time, these references will be replaced with persistent URIs to VIAF, FAST, WorldCat, and other Linked Data resources.
This is a placeholder reference for a Topic entity, related to a WorldCat Entity. Over time, these references will be replaced with persistent URIs to VIAF, FAST, WorldCat, and other Linked Data resources.
This is a placeholder reference for a Topic entity, related to a WorldCat Entity. Over time, these references will be replaced with persistent URIs to VIAF, FAST, WorldCat, and other Linked Data resources.
This is a placeholder reference for a Topic entity, related to a WorldCat Entity. Over time, these references will be replaced with persistent URIs to VIAF, FAST, WorldCat, and other Linked Data resources.
This is a placeholder reference for a Topic entity, related to a WorldCat Entity. Over time, these references will be replaced with persistent URIs to VIAF, FAST, WorldCat, and other Linked Data resources.
This is a placeholder reference for a Topic entity, related to a WorldCat Entity. Over time, these references will be replaced with persistent URIs to VIAF, FAST, WorldCat, and other Linked Data resources.
This is a placeholder reference for a Topic entity, related to a WorldCat Entity. Over time, these references will be replaced with persistent URIs to VIAF, FAST, WorldCat, and other Linked Data resources.
This is a placeholder reference for a Topic entity, related to a WorldCat Entity. Over time, these references will be replaced with persistent URIs to VIAF, FAST, WorldCat, and other Linked Data resources.
This is a placeholder reference for a Topic entity, related to a WorldCat Entity. Over time, these references will be replaced with persistent URIs to VIAF, FAST, WorldCat, and other Linked Data resources.
This is a placeholder reference for a Topic entity, related to a WorldCat Entity. Over time, these references will be replaced with persistent URIs to VIAF, FAST, WorldCat, and other Linked Data resources.
This is a placeholder reference for a Topic entity, related to a WorldCat Entity. Over time, these references will be replaced with persistent URIs to VIAF, FAST, WorldCat, and other Linked Data resources.