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the story of reason in islam Cultural Memory in the Present Hent de Vries, Editor THE STORY OF REASON IN ISLAM Sari Nusseibeh stanford university press stanford, california Stanford University Press Stanford, California © 2017 by the Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system without the prior written permission of Stanford University Press. Printed in the United States of America on acid-free, archival-quality paper Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Nusseibeh, Sari, author. Title: The story of reason in Islam / Sari Nusseibeh. Description: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2016. | Series: Cultural memory in the present | Includes bibliographical references and index. | Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed. Identifiers: LCCN 2016021294 (print) | LCCN 2016020140 (ebook) | ISBN 9781503600584 (electronic) | ISBN 9780804794619 (cloth :alk. paper) | ISBN 9781503600577 (pbk. :alk. paper) Subjects: LCSH: Faith and reason—Islam—History. | Islamic philosophy—History. Classification: LCC BP190.5.R4 (print) | LCC BP190.5.R4 N87 2016 (ebook) | DDC 297.209—dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016021294 Typeset by Bruce Lundquist in 11/13.5 Adobe Garamond Contents A Note on Transliteration ix Introduction xi 1. The Arabian Desert 1 2. The Daunting Idea of God 10 3. Free Will and Determinism 17 4. The Qur’an: Created or Eternal? 28 5. From Wasil to Ibn Hanbal 41 6. Early Islam: Literacy, Conflict, and Expansion 49 7. Speculative Discourse: A Style 56 8. Discourse: In Pursuit of the Ultimate Answers 62 9. Law and Morality 79 10. Al-Ma’mun and the Devils’ Banquets 92 11. The Language-Logic Debate 99 12. Back to the Human Will and Language 106 13. Expanding the View 113 14. An Interlude: Caliph, Imam, and Philosopher-King 120 15. Philosophy and Politics 124 16. The Philosophers’ “Frenzy” 132 17. Back to Wine and Logic 142 18. Motion and Light 155 19. The Nature of Truth 167 20. Fardajan and Beyond 181 viii Contents 21. The Cosmos 185 22. Cosmic Lights 199 23. Fast Forward 211 24. Language and Reason: The Dilemma 223 Notes 235 Further Readings 253 Name Index 257 A Note on Transliteration Diacritics have been kept to a minimum in the text. We have retained the marks that distinguish between glottal and guttural sounds within terms but have eliminated the intial ayin from proper names. Arabic speak- ers should have no difficulty recognizing the phonetic value of the English letters, and it is hoped that the omission of the extra marks will make the Arabic terms more reader-friendly for those unfamiliar with the language.
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