Islamic Philosophy from Its Origin to the Present: Philosophy in the Land of ProphecyAIslamic Philosophy from Its Origin to the Present offers a comprehensive overview of Islamic philosophy from the ninth century to the present day. As Seyyed Hossein Nasr attests, within this tradition, philosophizing is done in a world in which prophecy is the central reality of life—a reality related not only to the realms of action and ethics but also to the realm of knowledge. Comparisons with Jewish and Christian philosophies highlight the relation between reason and revelation, that is, philosophy and religion. Nasr presents Islamic philosophy in relation to the Islamic tradition as a whole, but always treats this philosophy as philosophy, not simply as intellectual history. In addition to chapters dealing with the general historical development of Islamic philosophy, several chapters are devoted to later and mostly unknown philosophers. The work also pays particular attention to the Persian tradition. Nasr stresses that the Islamic tradition is a living tradition with significance for the contemporary Islamic world and its relationship with the West. In providing this seminal introduction to a tradition little-understood in the West, Nasr also shows readers that Islamic philosophy has much to offer the contemporary world as a whole. |
Contents
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An Overview | 13 |
2 The Meaning and Role of Philosophy in Islam | 31 |
3 Alikmat alIlåhiyyah and Kalåm | 49 |
4 The Question of Existence and Quiddity and Ontology in Islamic Philosophy | 63 |
5 PostAvicennan Islamic Philosophyand the Study of Being | 85 |
Relations among Intellect Reasonand Intuition within Diverse Islamic Intellectual Perspectives | 93 |
7 A Framework for the Study of the History of Islamic Philosophy | 107 |
10 Philosophy in Azarbaijanand the School of Shiraz | 185 |
11 The School of Isfahan Revisited | 209 |
12 Mullå adrå and the Full Flowering of Prophetic Philosophy | 223 |
13 From the School of Isfahan to the School of Tehran | 235 |
14 Reflections on Islam and Modern Thought | 259 |
15 Philosophy in the Land of ProphecyYesterday and Today | 273 |
Notes | 281 |
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