History Of Islamic Philosophy

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Routledge, Jun 23, 2014 - Social Science - 462 pages

First published in 1993. Published here for the first time in English, this highly important work by Henry Corbin, the Islamic scholar, philosopher and historian of religion, is a definitive interpretation of traditional Islamic philosophy from the beginning to the present day. In this authoritative volume, Corbin makes clear the great themes of the doctrinal and mystical vision of lslamic philosophy through a wealth of comparative parallels and in relation to the most profound currents of Western philosophy. In Part One, From the Beginning Down to the Death of Averroes, Corbin considers the Sources of Philosophical Meditation in Islam; Shi ism and Prophetic Philosophy; the Sunni Kalam; Philosophy and the Natural Sciences; the Hellenizing Philosophers; Sufism; Al-Suhrawardi and the Philosophy of Light, and the Andalusian Tradition. In Part Two, From the Death of Averroes to the Present Day, he examines Sunni Thought, the Metaphysics of Sufism, and Shiite Thought. Corbin's History of Islamic Philosophy is both an inspirational book and an essential work of reference, enabling readers to discover themselves the richness of this body of thought.

 

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PART ONE From the Beginning Down to the Death of Averroës 5951198
Shiism and Prophetic Philosophy
The Sunni Kalām
IPhilosophy and the Natural Sciences
The Hellenizing Philosophers
Sufism
Hurufis and Bektashis 13 Jāmī
The Dhahabis
Shiite Thought
Naşir AlDin Ṭūsi and the Shiite Kalām 2 The Ismailis
The Ishraqi Current
AlJaldakī
The Integration of Ibn AlArabi to Shiite Metaphysics 6 Ṣadr AlDin Dashtaki and the School of Shiraz 7 Mīr Dāmād and the School of Iṣfahān 8 Mir ...
From the School of Isfahan to the School of Tehran
Shaykh Aḥmad Aḥsāī and the Shaykhi School of Kirman 14 Jafar Kashfi

AlSuhrawardi and the Philosophy of Light
In Andalusia
Transition
Sunni Thought
The Encyclopaedists
The Metaphysics of Sufism
The Schools of Khurāsān
Perspective a Hādī Sabzavārī and school of Sabzavār b The school of Mashhad
Elements of a Bibliography
List of Abbreviations
Index
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After long periods spent in Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Egypt and above all in Iran, from 1954 until 1974 Henry Corbin held the position of directeur d'etudes at the Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes (Ve section), being the successor of Louis Massignon. In Tehran, during these same years, he organised the Department oflranology of the Franco-Iranian Institute. There, he established and directed the Bibliotheque lranienne, an important collection of editions of original Persian and Arabic texts together with analytical studies. Henry Corbin died on 7 October 1978 at the age of 75. His many publications illustrate a life spent in studies of comparative philosophy and Islamic concepts.

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