Philosophy in the Islamic World

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Philosophy in The Islamic World
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgements
Dates
Part I: The Formative Period
	1: The Straight Path—Philosophy and Islam
	2: All for One—The Muʿtazilites
	3: Founded in Translation—From Greek to Syriac to Arabic
	4: Philosopher of the Arabs—al-Kindī
	5: The Chosen Ones—Philosophy and Judaism
	6: Reasoned Belief—Saadia Gaon
	7: High Five—al-Rāzī
	8: Aristotelian Society—The Baghdad School
	9: The Second Master—al-Fārābī
	10: State of Mind—al-Fārābī on Religion and Politics
	11: Eye of the Beholder—Theories of Vision
	12: Strings Attached—Music and Philosophy
	13: Balancing Acts—Arabic Ethical Literature
	14: Undercover Brothers—Philosophy in the Būyid Age
	15: God Willing—The Ashʿarites
	16: The Self-Made Man—Avicenna´s Life and Works
	17: By the Time I Get to Phoenix—Avicenna on Existence
	18: By All Means Necessary—Avicenna on God
	19: Into Thin Air—Avicenna on the Soul
	20: Special Delivery—al-Ghazālī
	21: Miracle Worker—al-Ghazālī Against the Philosophers
Part II: Andalusia
	22: Philosophy´s Reign in Spain—Andalusia
	23: Laying Down the Law—Ibn Ḥazm and Islamic Legal Theory
	24: Fantasy Island—Ibn Bjja and Ibn Ṭufayl
	25: Back to Basics—Averroes on Reason and Religion
	26: Single Minded—Averroes on the Intellect
	27: A Matter of Taste—Ibn ʿarabī and Sufism
	28: Team Spirit—Ibn Khaldūn
	29: Matter Over Mind—Ibn Gabirol
	30: Choosing My Religion—Judah Hallevi
	31: Born Under a Bad Sign—Freedom and Astrology in Jewish Philosophy
	32: With all Your Heart—Ethics and Judaism
	33: The Great Eagle—Maimonides
	34: He Moves in Mysterious Ways—Maimonides on Eternity
	35: Burnt Offerings—The Maimonidean Controversy
	36: Man and Superman—Gersonides and the Jewish Reception of Averroes
	37: Neither the Time Nor the Place—Ḥasdai crescas
	38: When Bad Things Happen to Good People—Suffering in Jewish Philosophy
	39: Chariot of Fire—Kabbalah
	40: A Matter of Principles—Joseph Albo and Isaac Abravanel
Part III: The Later Traditions
	41: Golden Ages—The Later Traditions
	42: All Things Considered—Abū L-Barakāt Al-Baghdādī
	43: For the Sake of Argument—Fakhr Al-Dīn Al-Rāzī
	44: Let There be Light—Suhrawardī
	45: Bright Ideas—Illuminationism
	46: A Man for All Seasons—Naṣīr Al-Dīn Al-Ṭūsī
	47: To Be or Not To Be—Debating Avicenna´s Metaphysics
	48: Eyes Wide Shut—Rūmī and Philosophical Sufism
	49: Proof Positive—The Logical Tradition
	50: By the Book—Ibn Taymiyya
	51: Aftermath—Philosophy and Science in The Mongol Age
	52: Family Feud—Philosophy at Shīrāz
	53: Follow The Leader—Philosophy Under The Safavids
	54: To Be, Continued—Mullā Ṣadrā On Existence
	55: Return To Sender—Mullā Ṣadrā On Motion and Knowledge
	56: Subcontinental Drift—Philosophy in Islamic India
	57: Turkish Delights—Philosophy Under The Ottomans
	58: Blind Alley—Taqlīd, Sufism, and Philosophy
	59: The Young Ones—Encounters With European Thought
	60: The Stronger Sex—Women Scholars in the Islamic World
	61: All For One and One For All—Muḥammad ʿAbduh and Muḥammad Iqbāl
	62: Iran So Far—The Heirs of Mullā Ṣadrā
Notes
	Preface
	Chapter 1
	Chapter 2
	Chapter 3
	Chapter 4
	Chapter 5
	Chapter 6
	Chapter 7
	Chapter 8
	Chapter 9
	Chapter 10
	Chapter 11
	Chapter 12
	Chapter 13
	Chapter 14
	Chapter 15
	Chapter 16
	Chapter 17
	Chapter 18
	Chapter 19
	Chapter 20
	Chapter 21
	Chapter 22
	Chapter 23
	Chapter 24
	Chapter 25
	Chapter 26
	Chapter 27
	Chapter 28
	Chapter 29
	Chapter 30
	Chapter 31
	Chapter 32
	Chapter 33
	Chapter 34
	Chapter 35
	Chapter 36
	Chapter 37
	Chapter 38
	Chapter 39
	Chapter 40
	Chapter 41
	Chapter 42
	Chapter 43
	Chapter 44
	Chapter 45
	Chapter 46
	Chapter 47
	Chapter 48
	Chapter 49
	Chapter 50
	Chapter 51
	Chapter 52
	Chapter 53
	Chapter 54
	Chapter 55
	Chapter 56
	Chapter 57
	Chapter 58
	Chapter 59
	Chapter 60
	Chapter 61
	Chapter 62
FURTHER READING
	General Overviews
	Collections of Primary Sources in Translation
	The Formative Period
	Andalusia
	The Eastern Traditions
	Early Kalām
	The Greek–Arabic Translation Movement
	al-Kindī
	Early Jewish Philosophy
	al-Rāzī
	The Baghdad School
	al-Fārābī
	Theories of Vision
	Music and Philosophy
	Arabic Ethics
	Philosophy in the Būyid Age
	The Ashʿarites
	Avicenna
	Avicenna’s Metaphysics
	Avicenna on God
	Avicenna on the Soul
	al-Ghazālī
	Ibn Ḥazm and Islamic Legal Theory
	Ibn Ṭufayl
	Averroes
	Ibn ʿArabī
	Ibn Khaldūn
	Ibn Gabirol
	Judah Hallevi
	Freedom and Astrology
	Ethics and Judaism
	Maimonides
	Maimonides on Eternity
	The Maimonides Controversy
	Gersonides
	Ḥasdai Crescas
	Suffering in Jewish Philosophy
	Kabbalah
	Joseph Albo and Isaac Abravanel
	Abū L-Barakāt Al-Baghdādī
	Fakhr Al-Dīn Al-Rāzī
	Suhrawardī
	Naṣīr Al-Dīn Al-Ṭūsī
	Debating Avicenna’s Metaphysics
	Rūmī and Philosophical Sufism
	The Logical Tradition
	Ibn Taymiyya
	Philosophy and Science in the Mongol Age
	Philosophy at Shīrāz
	Women and Islam
	Muḥammad ʿAbduh and Muḥammad Iqbāl
	The Heirs of Mullā Ṣadrā
Index
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