History of Islamic philosophy

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History of Islamic Philosophy
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Contents
Notes on Contributors
Preface
Transliteration and Style
Introduction Oliver Leaman
Introduction Seyyed Hossein Nasr
I: Religious, Intellectual and Cultural Context
	1. The Meaning and Concept of Philosophy in Islam
	2. The Qur'an and Hadith as Source and Inspiration of Islamic Philosophy
	3. The Greek and Syriac Background
	4. The Indian and Persian Background
	5. Early Katfim
	6. The Transmission of Greek Philosophy to the Islamic World
	7. Sunni Kaldm and Theological Controversies
	8. Twelve-imam Shi'ite Theological and Philosophical Thought
	9. Isma'ili Philosophy
	10. Islamic Humanism in the Fourth/tenth Century
II: Early Islamic Philosophers in the East
	11. Al-kindi
	12. Al-farabi
	13. Muhammad Ibn Zakariyya' Al-razi
	14. Al-'amirl
	15. The Brethren of Purity (Ikhwan Al-safa')
	16. Ibn Sina
	17. Ibn Slna's "Oriental Philosophy"
	18. Ibn Miskawayh
	19. Al-ghazzali
III: Islamic Philosophers in the Western Lands of Islam
	20. Ibn Masarrah
	21. Ibn Bajjah
	22. Ibn Tufayl
	23. Ibn Rushd
	24. Ibn Sab'in
	25. Ibn Khaldun
IV: Philosophy and the Mystical Tradition
	26. Introduction to the Mystical Tradition
	27. Ayn Al-qudat Hamadani and the Intellectual Climate of His Times
	28. Shihab Al-din Suhrawardi: Founder of the Illuminationist School
	29. The Illuminationist Tradition
	30. Ibn 'Arabi
	31. The School of Ibn 'arabi
V: Later Islamic Philosophy
	32. Khwajah Nasir Al-dln Al-tusi: The Philosopher/vizier and the Intellectual Climate of His Times
	33. From Al-tusi to the School of Isfahan
	34. Mir Damad and the Founding of the "School of Isfahan"
	35. Mulla Sadra: His Life and Works
	36. Mulla Sadra: His Teachings
	37. Shah Waliullah
VI: The Jewish Philosophical Tradition in the Islamic Cultural World
	38. Introduction
	39. Jewish Philosophy in the Islamic World
	40. Saadiah Gaon Al-fayyumi
	41. Ibn Gabirol
	42. Judah Halevi
	43. Maimonides
	44. Gersonides: Levi Ben Gershom
	45. Judaism and Sufism
	46. Jewish Averroism
VII: Philosophy and Its Parts
	47. Metaphysics
	48. Logic
	49. Epistemology
	50. Political Philosophy
	51. Literature
	52. Language
	53. Science
	54. Mysticism
	55. Ethics
	56. Aesthetics
	57. Law
VIII: Later Transmissionand Interpretation
	58. Medieval Christian and Jewish Europe
	59. Modern Western Philosophy
	60. The Poetic Medium: A Case Study
IX: Islamic Philosophy in the Modern Islamic World
	61. Persia
	62. India
	63. Pakistan
	64. The Arab World
	65. Egypt
	66. Turkey
	67. South-east Asia
X: Interpretation of Islamic Philosophy in the West
	68. Orientalism and Islamic Philosophy
	69. Henry Corbin: His Work and Influence
	70. Islamic Philosophy in Russia and the Soviet Union
	71. The Possibility of a Philosophy of Islam
XI: Bibliography
	A Guide to Bibliographical Resources
	General Introductions to Islamic Philosophy
	Index to Parts I and II