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History of Islamic Philosophy Islamic philosophy has often been treated as being largely of historical interest, and belonging to the history of ideas rather than to philosophical study. This volume successfully overturns such a view. Emphasizing the living nature and rich diversity of the subject, it • examines the main thinkers and schools of thought, from the earliest period to the present day. • discusses the key concepts of Islamic philosophy, and in related traditions in Greek and Western philosophy. • covers a vast geographical area, analyzing Islamic philosophy in the Arabic, Persian, Indian, Turkish and South East Asian worlds as well as in the Jewish tradition. This indispensable reference tool includes a comprehensive bibliography and an extensive index. Seyyed Hossein Nasr is University Professor of Islamic Studies at the George Washington University, Washington DC. He is the author of numerous books and articles on Islam and related topics. Oliver Leaman is Processor of Philos ophy at the University of Kentucky. He has written widely on Islamic and Jewish philosophy. Routledge History of World Philosophies Since the publication of the first volumes in 1993, the prestigious Routledge History of Philosophy, edited by G.H.R. Parkinson and S.G. Shanker, has established itself as the most comprehensive chronological survey of Western philosophy available. It discusses all the most important philo sophical movements from the sixth century B.C. up to the present day. All the major figures in Western philosophy are covered in detail in these volumes. These philosophers are clearly situated within the cultural and scientific context of this time. Within the main corpus of the Routledge History of Philosophy, the Jewish and Islamic traditions are discussed in the context of Western philosophy, with which they are inextricably linked. The History of Islamic Philosophy and The History of Jewish Philosophy are designed to supple ment the core volumes by dealing specifically with these two philosophical traditions; they provide extensive analysis of all the most significant thinkers and concepts. In keeping with the rest of the series, each addi tional volume has a comprehensive index and bibliography, and includes chapters by some of the most influential scholars in the field. They will form the first volumes of a new series, Routledge History of World Philosophies. Routledge History of World Philosophies Volume I History of Islamic Philosophy E D I T ED BY Seyyed Hossein Nasr and Oliver Leaman R Routledge Taylor &. Francis Group LONDON AND NEW YORK First published 1996 by Routledge 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon, 0X14 4RN Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada by Routledge 270 Madison Ave, New York, NY 10016 Reprinted 1997 and 1999 First published in paperback 2001 Reprinted 2003, 2007 Transferred to Digital Printing 2008 Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor and Francis Group, an informa business Selection and editorial matter © 1996, 2001 Seyyed Hossein Nasr and Oliver Leaman Individual chapters © 1996, 2001 the contributors Printed and bound in Great Britain by TJI Digital, Padstow, Cornwall All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilized in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book has been requested ISBN10: 0-415-05667-5 (hbk) ISBN10: 0-415-25934-7 (pbk) ISBN13: 978-0-415-05667-0 (hbk) ISBN13: 978-0-415-25934-7 (pbk) Contents Notes on contributors xii Preface xvii Transliteration and style xix Introduction 1 Oliver Leaman Introduction 11 Seyyed Hossein Nasr I Religious, intellectual and cultural context 1 The meaning and concept of philosophy in Islam 21 Seyyed Hossein Nasr 2 The Qur'an and Hadith as source and inspiration of Islamic philosophy 27 Seyyed Hossein Nasr 3 The Greek and Syriac background 40 F. E. Peters 4 The Indian and Persian background 52 Syed Nomanul Haq 5 Early katfim 71 M. Abdel Hale em CONTENTS 6 The transmission of Greek philosophy to the Islamic world 89 Yegane Shayegan 7 Sunni kaldm and theological controversies 105 James Pavlin 8 Twelve-Imam Shi'ite theological and philosophical thought 119 Abbas Muhajirani 9 Isma'ili philosophy 144 Azim Nanji 10 Islamic humanism in the fourth/tenth century 155 Oliver Leaman II Early Islamic philosophers in the East 11 Al-Kindi 165 Felix Klein-Franke 12 Al-Farabi 178 Deborah L. Black 13 Muhammad ibn Zakariyya' al-Razi 198 Lenn E. Goodman 14 Al-'Amirl 216 Everett K. Rowson 15 The Brethren of Purity (Ikhwan al-Safa') 222 Ian Richard Netton 16 Ibn Sina 231 Shams Inati 17 Ibn Slna's "Oriental philosophy" 247 Seyyed Hossein Nasr 18 Ibn Miskawayh 252 Oliver Leaman vi CONTENTS 19 Al-Ghazzali 258 Massimo Campanini III Islamic philosophers in the Western lands of Islam 20 Ibn Masarrah 277 Lenn E. Goodman 21 Ibn Bajjah 294 Lenn E. Goodman 22 Ibn Tufayl 313 Lenn E. Goodman 23 Ibn Rushd 330 Dominique Urvoy 24 Ibn Sab'in 346 Abul-Wafa al-Taftazani and Oliver Leaman 25 Ibn Khaldun 350 Abderrahmane Lakhsassi IV Philosophy and the mystical tradition 26 Introduction to the mystical tradition 367 Seyyed Hossein Nasr 27 Ayn al-Qudat Hamadani and the intellectual climate of his times 374 Hamid Dabashi 28 Shihab al-Din Suhrawardi: founder of the Illuminationist school 434 Hossein Ziai 29 The Illuminationist tradition 465 Hossein Ziai 30 Ibn 'Arab! 497 William C. Chittick Vll CONTENTS 31 The school of Ibn 'Arabl 510 William C. Chittick V Later Islamic philosophy 32 Khwajah Nasir al-Dln al-TusI: the philosopher/vizier and the intellectual climate of his times 527 Hamid Dabashi 33 From al-Tusi to the School of Isfahan 585 John Cooper 34 Mir Damad and the founding of the "School of Isfahan" 597 Hamid Dabashi 35 Mulla Sadra: his life and works 635 Hossein Ziai 36 Mulla Sadra: his teachings 643 Seyyed Hossein Nasr 37 Shah Waliullah 663 Rahimuddin Kemal and Salim Kemal VI The Jewish philosophical tradition in the Islamic cultural world 38 Introduction 673 Oliver Leaman 39 Jewish philosophy in the Islamic world 677 Arthur Hyman 40 Saadiah Gaon al-Fayyumi 696 Lenn E. Goodman 41 Ibn Gabirol 712 Irene Lancaster 42 Judah Halevi 718 Barry Kogan Vlll CONTENTS 43 Maimonides 725 Alexander Broadie 44 Gersonides: Levi ben Gershom 739 Gad Freudenthal 45 Judaism and Sufism 755 Paul B. Fenton 46 Jewish Averroism 769 Oliver Leaman VII Philosophy and its parts 47 Metaphysics 783 Charles Genequand 48 Logic 802 Shams Inati 49 Epistemology 824 Sari Nuseibeh 50 Political philosophy 841 Hans Daiber 51 Literature 886 Shams Inati and Elsayed Omran 52 Language 898 Shukri B. Abed 53 Science 926 Osman Bakar 54 Mysticism 947 Mahmud Erol Kilic 55 Ethics 959 Daniel H Frank ix
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