A literary history of Persia

386 THE STATE OF MUSLIM LITERATUREFifth Discourse, in five sections, on the Scholastic Philosophy andthe School-men.Section i. On the origin of the Scholastic Philosophy, and ofthe School-men of the Mu'tazilites and Murjites, and thenames of their books.Section ii. Account of the School-men of the Shi'ites, whetherImamis, Zaydis, or other of the Extremists (Ghuldf) andIsma'ilis, and the names of their books.Section Hi. On the School-men of the Predestinarians and theHashwiyya, and the names of their books.Section iv. Account of the School-men of the Kharijites, theirclasses, and the names of their books.Section v. Account of the wandering mendicants, recluses,devotees, and Sufis, who taught a scholastic philosophybased on their fancies and reveries, and the names oftheirbooks.Sixth Discourse, in eight sections, on Jurisprudence, and theJurisconsults and Traditionists.Section i. Account of Malik and his disciples, and the namesof their books.Section ii. Account of Abu Hanifa an-Nu'man and his disciples,and the names of their books.Account of the Imam ash-Shafi'i and his disciples,Section Hi.and the names of their books.Section iv. Account of Da'ud b. 'All . . b. Khalaf al-Isfahaniand his disciples, and the names of their books.Section v. Account of the Shi'ite Jurisconsults, and the namesof their books.Section vi. Account of the Jurisconsults who were at the sametime Traditionists and transmitters of Tradition, and thenames of their books.Section vii. Account of Abu Ja'far at-Tabari, and his disciples,and the names of their books.Section viii. Account of the Kharijite Jurisconsults, and thenames of their books.Seventh Discourse, in three sections, on Philosophy and the AncientSciences.Section i. Account of the Materialist Philosophers and theLogicians, and the names of their books and the versionsand commentaries of these, alike such as still exist, andsuch as are mentioned but are no longer extant, and suchas were extant but are now lost.Section ii. Account of the Mathematicians, Geometricians,