Author: Ḥusain NaṣrPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 185
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Three Muslim Sages
Author: Ḥusain NaṣrThree Muslim Sages, Avicenna, Suhrawardī, Ibn ʻArabī
Author: Seyyed Hossein NasrThree Muslim Sages
Author: Sayyid Ḥusayn NaṣrThree Muslim Sages
Author: Ḥusayn Naṣr (sayyid.)Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 185
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Three Muslim Sages, Avicenna, Suhrawardī, Ibn ʻArabī
Author: Seyyed Hossein NasrPublisher:
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Category : Islam
Languages : en
Pages : 185
Book Description
Three Muslim Sages: Avicenne - Suhrawardĩ - Ibn'Arabĩ
Author: Seyyed Hossein NasrThe 'Metaphysica' of Avicenna (ibn Sīnā)
Author: Parviz MorewedgePublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317366115
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
In this book, first published in 1973, Professor Parviz Morewedge, an expert on Islamic philosophy and mysticism, provides a critical exposition of one text of ibn Sina (Avicenna), the great Persian philosopher who lived from 980 to 1037. The text is his Metaphysica in the Danish Nama-I ‘ala’I (The Book of Scientific Knowledge). In addition to a translation of the text from Persian into English, this edition includes a critical commentary on the major arguments found in the text, and notes and references to other texts of ibn Sina as well as to relevant texts of Greek philosophers, particularly Aristotle, Plotinus and Proclus. There is also a glossary of the key terms used in the Metaphysica, with their Persian, Arabic, Greek and Latin equivalents where necessary. This book is concerned primarily to show that although in the text ibn Sina resorts to the Aristotelian vocabulary and Neo-Platonic themes, and appears to be in accord with the Islamic tradition, there is evidence that many doctrines expressed by him may be considered non-Greek and non-Islamic. These include his peculiar doctrine of Self (nafs) and the doctrine of the Necessary Existent (wajib al-wujud). The author attempts to clarify the extent to which salient features of ibn Sina’s position are in agreement with what may be regarded as Sufic doctrines.
Religious Pluralism in Christian and Islamic Philosophy
Author: Adnan AslanPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136110100
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
The philosophy of religion and theology are related to the culture in which they have developed. These disciplines provide a source of values and vision to the cultures of which they are part, while at the same time they are delimited and defined by their cultures. This book compares the ideas of two contemporary philosophers, John Hick and Seyyed Hossein Nasr, on the issues of religion, religions, the concept of the ultimate reality, and the notion of sacred knowledge. On a broader level, it compares two world-views: the one formed by Western Christian culture, which is religious in intention but secular in essence; the other Islamic, formed through the assimilation of traditional wisdom, which is turned against the norms of secular culture and is thus religious both in intention and essence.
Ibn al-ʿArabī’s Kitāb Fuṣūṣ al-Ḥikam wa-Khuṣūṣ al-Kalim
Author: Muḥyī l-Dīn Ibn al-ʿArabīPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004709584
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 477
Book Description
Although the exemplar of the Fuṣūṣ al-ḥikam has mysteriously disappeared shortly after its composition, the earliest copy in al-Qūnawī’s hand has survived. Having been collated with the orginal, read in front of Ibn al-ʿArabī, and signed by him, it stands as the vetustissimus and optimus. This edition is established on its reading and is checked against ʿAfīfī’s classic. Besides a fully vocalized text, it provides an appended facsimile of the manuscript. The introductory section is the first comprehensive study that tracks the whole story of the manuscript and attempts to identify possible scattered traces of the lost original. It reviews attitudes towards the text, as well as a century of scholarly research on it, and illustrates key concepts of the Master’s doctrine to help contextualize the book contents.
Anarchist, Artist, Sufi
Author: Mark SedgwickPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1350177911
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 490
Book Description
This book follows the life of Ivan Aguéli, the artist, anarchist, and esotericist, notable as one of the earliest Western intellectuals to convert to Islam and to explore Sufism. This book explores different aspects of his life and activities, revealing each facet of Aguéli's complex personality in its own right. It then shows how esotericism, art, and anarchism finally found their fulfillment in Sufi Islam. The authors analyze how Aguéli's life and conversion show that Islam occupied a more central place in modern European intellectual history than is generally realized. His life reflects several major modern intellectual, political, and cultural trends. This book is an important contribution to understanding how he came to Islam, the values and influences that informed his life, and-ultimately-the role he played in the modern Western reception of Islam.