Plotinus and the Neoplatonic tradition Al-Farabi inherits hold that the highest human felicity consists in intellectual union with the Active Intellect, a purely contemplative state.
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Plotinus was an ancient Greek philosopher who lived in Rome during the 3rd century AD and founded a spiritual philosophy called Neoplatonism. He taught that reality consists of different levels, with a perfect, infinite source at the top (called "the One") from which everything else flows downward, and that the goal of life is to reconnect with this divine source through contemplation and inner purification. His ideas deeply influenced later Christianity, Islam, and Judaism, making him one of the most important philosophers in Western and religious thought.
active intellect(al-Farabi's Neoplatonized Aristotelianism)
A cosmic and epistemic principle whose unique activity is thinking, to which the human soul must assimilate in order to achieve happiness.
felicity(Al-Farabi's political philosophy)
The state of happiness or flourishing that constitutes the end goal of human life, attainable in principle by all members of society.