The Story of Islamic Philosophy: Ibn Tufayl, Ibn al-'Arabi, and Others on the Limit between Naturalism and Traditionalism

The Story of Islamic Philosophy
Contents
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Introduction
1. The File of Illuminationist Philosophy and the Purpose of Writing Hayy
	The Legend of Eastern Philosophy
	Eastern and Western Schools of Philosophy
	Plato and Aristotle: The Heart and the Voice of Islamic Philosophy
	The Purpose of Writing Hayy
2. The Introduction
	Mystical Expression and Experience: Fundamental Sūfi Concepts
	Knowledge1, Knowledge2, and Ghazālī’s Niche of Lights
	Ibn Sīnā’s Liminal Depiction of the Mystical Experience
	Salāmān and Absāl: The Hermetistic Version
	Ibn Sīnā’s Version
3. The Naturalistic Account of Hayy’s Birth
	Ibn Tufayl’s Method of Concealment
	Spontaneous Generation
	A Liminal Depiction of the Chain of Existents
	In the Earth of Barzakh
	Plato’s Myth of Spontaneous Generation
4. The Traditionalistic Account from the End
	Divine Origins and Illuminative Gradations
	Imitation and Interpretation
	Ibn Tufayl’s Liminal Declaration
5. The Origination of the World
	Between Plato and Aristotle
	Aristotle’s Concept of the Infinite
	Ibn Tufayl’s Liminal Stand
6. The Shadow of Fārābī
	Philosophy’s Ultimate Mission
	The Origination of Language
	The Quest for Unity
	The Development of Meanings
	Two Conceptions of Dialectic
7. The Shadow of Ibn Bājja
	Ibn Bājja on the Chain of Existents and Self-Intellection
	The Presence of the Parable of the Cave
8. The Traditionalistic Account from the Beginning
	The Emphasis on Balance and Equilibrium
	The Discovery of Fire
	The Sleepers in the Cave
	The Encounter Between Moses and al-Khadir
	Moses in Fusūs al-Hikam
9. Gilgamesh: The One Who Saw the Abyss
	The Builder of the Great Walls and the Man-As-He-Was-In-the-Beginning
	Intercourse as an Act of Writing
	In Company with Gilgamesh
	Enkidu’s Death
	The Quest for Eternal Life
	The Encounter with Utnapishtim
	In the Underworld
10. The Tale of Bulūqiya Between Ibn al-‘Arabī and Gilgamesh
	The Tale of Hāsib Karīm al-Dīn
	The Quest for the Plant of Life
	The Mystical Dimension
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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