Islamic philosophy from its origin to the present
Subtitle: philosophy in the land of prophecy
By: Seyyed Hossein Nasr.
Series: SUNY series in Islam
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Albany
Language: eng
Number of pages: 380
Subjects: Philosophy, Islamic
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The study of Islamic philosophy in the West in recent times : an overview; title: The meaning and role of "philosophy" in Islam; title: Al-Hikmat al-Ilahiyyah and kalam; title: The question of existence and quiddity and ontology in Islamic philosophy; title: Post-Avicennan Islamic philosophy and the study of being; title: Epistemological questions : the relation of intellect, reason and intuition within diverse Islamic intellectual perspectives; title: A framework for the study of the history of Islamic philosophy; title: Dimensions of the Islamic intellectual tradition, kalam, philosophy and spirituality; title: The poet-scientist ʻUmar Khayyam as philosopher; title: Philosophy in Azarbaijan and the School of Shiraz; title: The School of Isfahan revisited; title: Mulla Sadra and the full flowering of prophetic philosophy; title: From the School of Isfahan to the School of Tehran; title: Reflections on Islam and modern thought; title: Philosophy in the land of prophecy yesterday and today.