La connaissance vraie comme cause possible de souffrance perpétuelle chez al-Fārābī

Abstract

We examine Fārābī’s ideas through a set of formal heresiography, since there is parallel between his claims and the classification of Islamic sects. In him, there is a kind of heresiography of the cities (or religions) based on philosophical criteria: the leader, the inhabitants, the religion (with its two folds: opinions and actions) and individual or collective destiny. Obviously, he substitutes philosophical criteria for Islamic heresiographical ones: true or wrong opinions and good or bad actions. These criteria determine the human destiny: eternal happiness for the one who has true opinions and virtuous actions, eternal suffering for the one who has true opinions but bad actions, and nothingness for the one who has false opinions and bad actions.Hence, we can conclude that:- The combination of the components of the city gives only these three possible destinies.- The theoretical dimension (ideas on beings), be it philosophical (truths) or religious (symbols), is the real cause of survival after death...