philosophy <strong>in</strong>, 117, 155, 156, 157, 183, 255, 304n; Mamluk, 212; revival of <strong>Islamic</strong> philosophy <strong>in</strong>, 108; works of <strong>Islamic</strong> philosophy <strong>from</strong>, 107 Eighth/Fourteenth Century: School of Shiraz <strong>in</strong>, 194 El-Ahwany, Fu˘åd, 18 Eleventh Intellect, 200 Eliade, Mircea, 338n3 Elucidation concern<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> Pr<strong>in</strong>ciples of Religion (al-Ash‘ar¥), 125 emotion: reason and, 102 Empedocles, 4, 150, 281n1, 303n9, 311n52 empiricism, 263 Enneads (Plot<strong>in</strong>us), 137, 218 Enoch, 281n9 Epimenides, 2 epistemology, 2, 141, 159, 161, 232, 251, 253, 262, 303n13; angelology and, 229 Erigena, 265 escha<strong>to</strong>logy, 6, 231, 318n37; sacred psychology and, 229, 230 esoterism: <strong>Islamic</strong>, 40 Eternal Wisdom (Ibn Musk¨yah), 139 Ethics, 116, 144, 198, 199, 200; philosophical, 139, 187, 198; rational, 123 Euclid, 165, 170, 314n3 Europe: his<strong>to</strong>ries of <strong>Islamic</strong> philosophy <strong>in</strong>, 165 evolution, 267, 268; Darw<strong>in</strong>ian, 231 evolutionism, 271 existence, 67, 293n1; of all accidents, 69, 70; death and, 90; dist<strong>in</strong>ct <strong>from</strong> quiddity, 141; external, 70; giver of, 90; of <strong>in</strong>dividual man, 90; <strong>in</strong>ner discipl<strong>in</strong>e and, 90; levels of, 64; mean<strong>in</strong>g of, 90; mental, 68, 70, 321n; nuances of mean<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>, 67; pr<strong>in</strong>cipiality of, 87; quiddity and, 70, 175; spiritual experience of, 91; universal, 90 existentialism, 19, 90, 271 Index 351 existentiation: expansive mode of wuj¶d and, 82 faith: harmonization with reason, 115; mean<strong>in</strong>g of, 122, 123; practice and, 123; reason and, 93; test of, 124 Fakhr al-D¥n al-Råz¥. See Råz¥, Fakhr al-D¥n Fakhr al-D¥n As‘ad Gurgån¥. See Gurgån¥, Fakhr al-D¥n As‘ad Fakhr al-D¥n Marågh¥. See Marågh¥, Fakhr al-D¥n Fakhry, Majid, 18, 23, 28, 307n7, 322n28 Fåkh¨r¥, ¡annå al-, 26 Faƒl al-maqål (The Decisive Treatise), 23, 115 falåsifah, 38, 292n6; truth for, 43. See also faylas¶f Fal冨r¥, Jawåd, 19, 278 falsafah, 13, 14, 26, 31, 32, 33, 35, 108, 119, 169, 282n1; bann<strong>in</strong>g of teach<strong>in</strong>g of, 44; ceases <strong>to</strong> exist <strong>in</strong> western lands of Islam, 45; concern with science, 42; criticism of, 40, 41; <strong>in</strong> development of <strong>in</strong>tellectual sciences, 42; opposition <strong>to</strong>, 38; opposition <strong>to</strong> kalåm, 50; <strong>in</strong> post-Ibn Rushdian phase of philosophy, 44, 45; reciprocal <strong>in</strong>fluence with kalåm, 49; role <strong>in</strong> eastern lands of Islam, 45, 46; role <strong>in</strong> <strong>to</strong>ols of analysis, logic, and rational <strong>in</strong>quiry, 42; struggle with kalåm, 43; study <strong>in</strong> Cairo, 60; truth as one for, 43; <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> universities, 44; wan<strong>in</strong>g of, 44 falsafah maz.n¶nah, 36 falsafah yaq¥niyyah, 36 falsafat al-islåmiyyah, al-, 33 Fanår¥, Shams al-D¥n al-, 45 Fann al-samå‘ al-†ab¥‘¥, 177 Fåråb¥, Ab¨ Na∑r al-, 36, 42, 63, 64, 74, 86, 138, 139, 152, 156, 157, 159, 186, 194, 213, 225, 288n20, 308n21,
352 Index Fåråb¥, Ab¨ Na∑r al- (cont<strong>in</strong>ued) 309n24; commentaries on Aris<strong>to</strong>tle, 138; discusses wuj¶d and måhiyyah; as fa<strong>the</strong>r of formal logic <strong>in</strong> <strong>Islamic</strong> world, 110; as founder of Peripatetic school, 110; found<strong>in</strong>g of <strong>Islamic</strong> political philosophy by, 138; <strong>in</strong>terest <strong>in</strong> music, 138; scientific teach<strong>in</strong>g of, 138; as “Second Teacher,” 138; as successor <strong>to</strong> al-K<strong>in</strong>d¥, 110, 137; systematization of emanation scheme of ten <strong>in</strong>tellects <strong>from</strong> <strong>the</strong> One by, 110; works on Pla<strong>to</strong> and Aris<strong>to</strong>tle, 110; treatise on <strong>the</strong> <strong>in</strong>tellect, 98 Farangi Mahall, 44; <strong>Islamic</strong> philosophy <strong>in</strong>, 183 Far East: metaphysics, 17 Fars: Atåbakån rulers of, 193 Fårs¥, Sayyid Muslim, 196 fåsiq¶n, 122 fatå/jawån, 2 Fat± ‘Al¥ Shah, 237 Få†imid period: <strong>Islamic</strong> philosophy <strong>in</strong> Egypt, 183 Få†imids, 44, 112, 147 Fawz¥ al-Najjår. See Najjår, Fawz¥ Fay∂ Kåshån¥, Mullå Mu±s¥n. See Kåshån¥, Mullå Mu±s<strong>in</strong> Fay∂ fay¿ al-muqaddas, al-, 90 faylas¶f, 50, 177. See also falsåsifah Fazlur Rahman. See Rahman, Fazlur fedeli d˘amore, 151 Fifth/Eleventh Century: cont<strong>in</strong>uation of school of Ibn S¥nå dur<strong>in</strong>g, 169 Fifth/Sixth Century: <strong>Islamic</strong> philosophy <strong>in</strong> Andalusia, 183 F¥ ÷aq¥qat al-‘ishq (On <strong>the</strong> Reality of Love), 158 Fi˘l-‘aql (On <strong>the</strong> Intellect), 109 Fi˘l-falsafat al-¶lå (On Metaphysics), 109, 137 F¥ måqåmåt al-‘årif¥n (On <strong>the</strong> Stations of <strong>the</strong> Gnostics), 201 F<strong>in</strong>dirisk¥, M¥r Ab¨˘l-Qåsim, 37, 216–218, 287n9 fiqh: rivalries of, 55 Fiqh al-akbar (The Great Knowledge), 121 First Intellect, 141, 148, 149 “First <strong>Orig<strong>in</strong></strong>ated,” 148 Fitzgerald, Edward, 166, 167, 182, 314n1 Five Div<strong>in</strong>e Presences, 90 Flashes of Illum<strong>in</strong>ation concern<strong>in</strong>g Ethical Virtues (Dawån¥), 198 Forms of Brightness concern<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> Temples of Light (Dawån¥), 199 Forouzanfar, Bad¥‘ al-Zamån, 314n5 Foundations of Acquir<strong>in</strong>g Knowledge (al-apple¨s¥), 187 Four Articles (Samarqand¥), 166 Fourier, Charles, 269 The Four Journeys (Mullå S.adrå), 22, 53, 55, 65, 79, 88, 117, 203, 224, 228 The Four Journeys (Mullå Shamså G¥lån¥), 219 The Four Journeys (Shams al-D¥n Khafr¥), 203 Fourth/Sixth Century: <strong>Islamic</strong> philosophy <strong>in</strong> Khurasan, 183 France, 242; philosophical traditions, 20 Frank, Richard, 306n2 Frederick II (Emperor), 156 Fu˘ad Sezg<strong>in</strong>. See Sezg<strong>in</strong>, Fu˘ad F¨lådwand, Mu±ammad Mahd¥, 315n9 fundamentalism, 270 Fur¨gh¥, Mu±ammad ‘Al¥, 253 Futu÷åt al-makkiyyah, al- (Mekkan Illum<strong>in</strong>ations), 228 futuwwah, 2 Fuƒ¶ƒ al-÷ikmah (Bezels of Wisdom), 64, 138 Gabriel (Archangel), 7, 96, 137 Galen, 25 Gardet, Louis, 15, 17, 50, 286n6, 290n35, 302n7
- Page 1 and 2:
Islamic Philosophy from its Origin
- Page 3 and 4:
SUNY series in Islam Seyyed Hossein
- Page 5 and 6:
Published by State University of Ne
- Page 8 and 9:
Contents Preface ix Transliteration
- Page 10 and 11:
Contents ix Preface This book is th
- Page 12 and 13:
Introduction Philosophy and Prophec
- Page 14 and 15:
Introduction 3 Parmenides was assoc
- Page 16 and 17:
Introduction 5 phers but is again t
- Page 18 and 19:
Introduction 7 ern sciences and bec
- Page 20:
Introduction 9 gradually the main s
- Page 24 and 25:
CHAPTER 1 The Study of Islamic Phil
- Page 26 and 27:
The Study of Islamic Philosophy in
- Page 28 and 29:
The Study of Islamic Philosophy in
- Page 30 and 31:
The Study of Islamic Philosophy in
- Page 32 and 33:
The Study of Islamic Philosophy in
- Page 34 and 35:
The Study of Islamic Philosophy in
- Page 36 and 37:
The Study of Islamic Philosophy in
- Page 38 and 39:
The Study of Islamic Philosophy in
- Page 40 and 41:
The Study of Islamic Philosophy in
- Page 42 and 43:
CHAPTER 2 The Meaning and Role of P
- Page 44 and 45:
The Meaning and Role of Philosophy
- Page 46 and 47:
The Meaning and Role of Philosophy
- Page 48 and 49:
The Meaning and Role of Philosophy
- Page 50 and 51:
The Meaning and Role of Philosophy
- Page 52 and 53:
The Meaning and Role of Philosophy
- Page 54 and 55:
The Meaning and Role of Philosophy
- Page 56 and 57:
The Meaning and Role of Philosophy
- Page 58:
The Meaning and Role of Philosophy
- Page 61 and 62:
50 Part 1: Islamic Philosophy and I
- Page 63 and 64:
52 Part 1: Islamic Philosophy and I
- Page 65 and 66:
54 Part 1: Islamic Philosophy and I
- Page 67 and 68:
56 Part 1: Islamic Philosophy and I
- Page 69 and 70:
58 Part 1: Islamic Philosophy and I
- Page 71 and 72:
60 Part 1: Islamic Philosophy and I
- Page 74 and 75:
CHAPTER 4 The Question of Existence
- Page 76 and 77:
The Question of Existence and Quidd
- Page 78 and 79:
The Question of Existence and Quidd
- Page 80 and 81:
The Question of Existence and Quidd
- Page 82 and 83:
The Question of Existence and Quidd
- Page 84 and 85:
The Question of Existence and Quidd
- Page 86 and 87:
The Question of Existence and Quidd
- Page 88 and 89:
The Question of Existence and Quidd
- Page 90 and 91:
The Question of Existence and Quidd
- Page 92 and 93:
The Question of Existence and Quidd
- Page 94 and 95:
The Question of Existence and Quidd
- Page 96 and 97:
CHAPTER 5 Post-Avicennan Islamic Ph
- Page 98 and 99:
Post-Avicennan Islamic Philosophy 8
- Page 100 and 101:
Post-Avicennan Islamic Philosophy 8
- Page 102:
Post-Avicennan Islamic Philosophy 9
- Page 105 and 106:
94 Part 2: Philosophical Issues (
- Page 107 and 108:
96 Part 2: Philosophical Issues tha
- Page 109 and 110:
98 Part 2: Philosophical Issues fro
- Page 111 and 112:
100 Part 2: Philosophical Issues kn
- Page 113 and 114:
102 Part 2: Philosophical Issues No
- Page 116:
PART 3 Islamic Philosophy in Histor
- Page 119 and 120:
108 Part 3: Islamic Philosophy in H
- Page 121 and 122:
110 Part 3: Islamic Philosophy in H
- Page 123 and 124:
112 Part 3: Islamic Philosophy in H
- Page 125 and 126:
114 Part 3: Islamic Philosophy in H
- Page 127 and 128:
116 Part 3: Islamic Philosophy in H
- Page 129 and 130:
118 Part 3: Islamic Philosophy in H
- Page 131 and 132:
120 Part 3: Islamic Philosophy in H
- Page 133 and 134:
122 Part 3: Islamic Philosophy in H
- Page 135 and 136:
124 Part 3: Islamic Philosophy in H
- Page 137 and 138:
126 Part 3: Islamic Philosophy in H
- Page 139 and 140:
128 Part 3: Islamic Philosophy in H
- Page 141 and 142:
130 Part 3: Islamic Philosophy in H
- Page 143 and 144:
132 Part 3: Islamic Philosophy in H
- Page 145 and 146:
134 Part 3: Islamic Philosophy in H
- Page 147 and 148:
136 Part 3: Islamic Philosophy in H
- Page 149 and 150:
138 Part 3: Islamic Philosophy in H
- Page 151 and 152:
140 Part 3: Islamic Philosophy in H
- Page 153 and 154:
142 Part 3: Islamic Philosophy in H
- Page 155 and 156:
144 Part 3: Islamic Philosophy in H
- Page 157 and 158:
146 Part 3: Islamic Philosophy in H
- Page 159 and 160:
148 Part 3: Islamic Philosophy in H
- Page 161 and 162:
150 Part 3: Islamic Philosophy in H
- Page 163 and 164:
152 Part 3: Islamic Philosophy in H
- Page 165 and 166:
154 Part 3: Islamic Philosophy in H
- Page 167 and 168:
156 Part 3: Islamic Philosophy in H
- Page 169 and 170:
158 Part 3: Islamic Philosophy in H
- Page 171 and 172:
160 Part 3: Islamic Philosophy in H
- Page 173 and 174:
162 Part 3: Islamic Philosophy in H
- Page 176 and 177:
CHAPTER 9 The Poet-Scientist ‘Uma
- Page 178 and 179:
The Poet-Scientist ‘Umar Khayyåm
- Page 180 and 181:
The Poet-Scientist ‘Umar Khayyåm
- Page 182 and 183:
The Poet-Scientist ‘Umar Khayyåm
- Page 184 and 185:
The Poet-Scientist ‘Umar Khayyåm
- Page 186 and 187:
The Poet-Scientist ‘Umar Khayyåm
- Page 188 and 189:
The Poet-Scientist ‘Umar Khayyåm
- Page 190 and 191:
The Poet-Scientist ‘Umar Khayyåm
- Page 192 and 193:
The Poet-Scientist ‘Umar Khayyåm
- Page 194:
The Poet-Scientist ‘Umar Khayyåm
- Page 197 and 198:
186 Part 3: Islamic Philosophy in H
- Page 199 and 200:
188 Part 3: Islamic Philosophy in H
- Page 201 and 202:
190 Part 3: Islamic Philosophy in H
- Page 203 and 204:
192 Part 3: Islamic Philosophy in H
- Page 205 and 206:
194 Part 3: Islamic Philosophy in H
- Page 207 and 208:
196 Part 3: Islamic Philosophy in H
- Page 209 and 210:
198 Part 3: Islamic Philosophy in H
- Page 211 and 212:
200 Part 3: Islamic Philosophy in H
- Page 213 and 214:
202 Part 3: Islamic Philosophy in H
- Page 215 and 216:
204 Part 3: Islamic Philosophy in H
- Page 217 and 218:
206 Part 3: Islamic Philosophy in H
- Page 220 and 221:
CHAPTER 11 The School of Isfahan Re
- Page 222 and 223:
The School of Isfahan Revisited 211
- Page 224 and 225:
The School of Isfahan Revisited 213
- Page 226 and 227:
The School of Isfahan Revisited 215
- Page 228 and 229:
The School of Isfahan Revisited 217
- Page 230 and 231:
The School of Isfahan Revisited 219
- Page 232:
The School of Isfahan Revisited 221
- Page 235 and 236:
224 Part 3: Islamic Philosophy in H
- Page 237 and 238:
226 Part 3: Islamic Philosophy in H
- Page 239 and 240:
228 Part 3: Islamic Philosophy in H
- Page 241 and 242:
230 Part 3: Islamic Philosophy in H
- Page 243 and 244:
232 Part 3: Islamic Philosophy in H
- Page 246 and 247:
CHAPTER 13 From the School of Isfah
- Page 248 and 249:
From the School of Isfahan to the S
- Page 250 and 251:
From the School of Isfahan to the S
- Page 252 and 253:
From the School of Isfahan to the S
- Page 254 and 255:
From the School of Isfahan to the S
- Page 256 and 257:
From the School of Isfahan to the S
- Page 258 and 259:
From the School of Isfahan to the S
- Page 260 and 261:
From the School of Isfahan to the S
- Page 262 and 263:
From the School of Isfahan to the S
- Page 264 and 265:
From the School of Isfahan to the S
- Page 266 and 267:
From the School of Isfahan to the S
- Page 268:
PART 4 The Current Situation
- Page 271 and 272:
260 Part 4: The Current Situation I
- Page 273 and 274:
262 Part 4: The Current Situation h
- Page 275 and 276:
264 Part 4: The Current Situation d
- Page 277 and 278:
266 Part 4: The Current Situation o
- Page 279 and 280:
268 Part 4: The Current Situation o
- Page 281 and 282:
270 Part 4: The Current Situation o
- Page 284 and 285:
CHAPTER 15 Philosophy in the Land o
- Page 286 and 287:
Philosophy in the Land of Prophecy
- Page 288 and 289:
Philosophy in the Land of Prophecy
- Page 290 and 291:
Philosophy in the Land of Prophecy
- Page 292 and 293:
Notes INTRODUCTION 1. One should re
- Page 294 and 295:
Notes to Chapter 1 283 4. In order
- Page 296 and 297:
Notes to Chapter 1 285 equate, espe
- Page 298 and 299:
Notes to Chapter 2 287 appeler Får
- Page 300 and 301:
23. Raså˘il (Cairo: al-Ma†ba‘
- Page 302 and 303:
Notes to Chapter 3 291 48. Unfortun
- Page 304 and 305:
Notes to Chapter 4 293 founder of t
- Page 306 and 307:
Notes to Chapter 4 295 period in se
- Page 308 and 309:
29. In one of the best known verses
- Page 310 and 311:
Notes to Chapter 5 299 were opened
- Page 312 and 313: Notes to Chapter 5 301 this book—
- Page 314 and 315: Notes to Chapter 6 303 8. On these
- Page 316 and 317: involved, and that this discussion
- Page 318 and 319: Notes to Chapter 8 307 3. See Georg
- Page 320 and 321: Notes to Chapter 8 309 23. The titl
- Page 322 and 323: Notes to Chapter 8 311 tion rather
- Page 324 and 325: Notes to Chapter 8 313 2:366-68; Cr
- Page 326 and 327: Notes to Chapter 9 315 7. See for e
- Page 328 and 329: 25. See Ra±¥mzådah Malik, op. ci
- Page 330 and 331: Notes to Chapter 10 319 6. See S. H
- Page 332 and 333: 20. This chain is mentioned by Ghiy
- Page 334 and 335: 36. This work seems to have been lo
- Page 336 and 337: Notes to Chapter 11 325 6. On the S
- Page 338 and 339: Notes to Chapter 11 327 group in th
- Page 340 and 341: Notes to Chapter 12 329 on manuscri
- Page 342 and 343: ics: Mullå |adrå on Nature and Mo
- Page 344 and 345: Notes to Chapter 13 333 Persian and
- Page 346 and 347: Notes to Chapter 13 335 35. For an
- Page 348 and 349: Notes to Chapter 14 337 dar Ur¶på
- Page 350 and 351: Notes to Chapter 14 339 6. There ha
- Page 352 and 353: Notes to Chapter 14 341 One might a
- Page 354 and 355: ‘Abbås, Shah, 213 Abbasids: dest
- Page 356 and 357: Algeria: Islamic philosophy in, 157
- Page 358 and 359: ‘Ayn al-Qu∂åt Hamadån¥. See
- Page 360 and 361: cogito ergo sum, 91 Commentary upon
- Page 364 and 365: Gauthier, Léon, 16, 25 Gawhar-i mu
- Page 366 and 367: accept methods of kalåm, 52; relat
- Page 368 and 369: Imamology, 134, 147 ¥mån, 31 imk
- Page 370 and 371: Jubbå˘¥, Ab¨ ‘Al¥ al-, 121,
- Page 372 and 373: 228; gained by the heart, 101, 102;
- Page 374 and 375: Marågh¥, Fakhr al-D¥n, 188 marå
- Page 376 and 377: Mu±sin Fay∂ Kåshån¥, Mullå.
- Page 378 and 379: Pakistan, 275; creation of center f
- Page 380 and 381: Pourjavady, Nasrollah, 318n2, 319n7
- Page 382 and 383: Existence or Rather of the Existent
- Page 384 and 385: School of kalåm School of mashshå
- Page 386 and 387: The Sought Jewel (Låh¥j¥), 55 so
- Page 388 and 389: 50, 52, 53, 123; Catholic, 15; Chri
- Page 390 and 391: wa÷dat al-shuh¶d, 76 wa÷dat al-w