An Anthology of Philosophy in Persia, Volume 2: Ismaili Thought in the Classical Age

Contents......Page 10
List of Reprinted Works......Page 12
Note on Transliteration......Page 14
List of Contributors......Page 16
General Introduction S.H. Nasr......Page 18
Introduction M. Aminrazavi......Page 33
The Mother of Books (from Umm al-kitāb)......Page 35
Introduction S.H. Nasr......Page 52
The Book of Stones (from Kitāb al-ahjār)......Page 55
Introduction M. Aminrazavi......Page 89
Kashf al-mahjub: Introduction to the Translation -- Hermann Landolt......Page 91
Unveiling of the Hidden (from Kashf al-mahjūb)......Page 100
The Book of Wellsprings (from Kitāb al-yanābī)......Page 146
Introduction M. Aminrazavi......Page 160
Science of Prophecy (from A'lām al-nubuwwah)......Page 162
Introduction M. Aminrazavi......Page 196
Repose of the Intellect (from Rāhat al-'aql)......Page 198
The Brilliant Epistle (from Risālat al-durriyyah)......Page 217
Introduction S.H. Nasr......Page 225
Microcosm and Macrocosm......Page 227
A Theory on Numbers......Page 252
Man and the Animals......Page 274
Introduction M. Aminrazavi......Page 309
The Sum of the Two Wisdoms (from Jāmi' al-hikmatayn)......Page 325
Sermons (from Khutbah)......Page 311
Introduction S.H. Nasr......Page 322
Knowledge and Liberation (from Gushāyish wa rahāyish)......Page 345
Philosophical Poetry (from Dīwān)......Page 365
Introduction M. Aminrazavi......Page 379
Contemplation and Action (from Sayr wa sulūk)......Page 382
The Garden of Submission, or Notions (from Rawda-yi taslīm or Tasawwurāt)......Page 396
Selected Bibliography......Page 419
Index......Page 429