UID:
almahu_9949747219402882
Format:
1 online resource (438 p.)
Edition:
First edition.
ISBN:
0-7556-1006-7
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1-282-64198-0
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9786612641985
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1-4416-5736-3
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0-85771-042-7
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600-00-1892-4
Content:
"The tradition of philosophy in the Persian-speaking world is extraordinarily rich, creative and diverse. This anthology, which is divided into three volumes, aims to communicate something of that richness and diversity. The term 'philosophy' is understood to in its widest sense to include theological debate, philosophical Sufism and philosophical hermeneutics (ta'wil). Extending over a period of more than two millennia, and showcasing translations by well-established scholars, the anthology offers full bibliographical references throughout. For anyone interested in exploring, in all their varied manifestations, the fascinating philosophical traditions of Persia, such a wide-ranging and ambitious work will be an indispensable resource. Volume 2 covers five centuries of Ismaili philosophy, and includes extracts from outstanding Ismaili works including the "Rasa'il Ikhwan al-Safa" ("Treatises of the Brethren of Purity") and the philosophical odes of Nasir Khusraw. It is of great siginificance that, in the early centuries of Islam, philosophers were influenced by Pythagorean and Hermetic ideas, which are usually associated with Shi'i thought in general and Ismailism in particular. Ismaili philosophy at this time was able to integrate strands of Greco-Alexandrian thought such as Hermeticism and Neo-Pythagoreanism, as well as aspects of Mazdaeism and Manichaeism. It also showed marked interest in Neo-platonism."--Bloomsbury Publishing.
Note:
First published in 2001 by Oxford University Press.
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Cover; Contents; List of Reprinted Works; Note on Transliteration; List of Contributors; General Introduction S.H. Nasr; 1. Umm al-kitāb; Introduction M. Aminrazavi; The Mother of Books (from Umm al-kitāb); 2. Jābir ibn Hayyān; Introduction S.H. Nasr; The Book of Stones (from Kitāb al-ahjār); 3. Abū Ya'qūb Sijistāni; Introduction M. Aminrazavi; Kashf al-mahjub: Introduction to the Translation -- Hermann Landolt; Unveiling of the Hidden (from Kashf al-mahjūb); The Book of Wellsprings (from Kitāb al-yanābī); 4. Abū Hātim Rāzī; Introduction M. Aminrazavi
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Science of Prophecy (from A'lām al-nubuwwah)5. Hamīd al-Dīn Kirmānī; Introduction M. Aminrazavi; Repose of the Intellect (from Rāhat al-'aql); The Brilliant Epistle (from Risālat al-durriyyah); 6. Rasā'il Ikhwān al-Safā' - Treatises of the Brethren of Purity; Introduction S.H. Nasr; Microcosm and Macrocosm; A Theory on Numbers; Man and the Animals; 7. al-Mu'yyad fi'l-Dīn Shīrāzī; Introduction M. Aminrazavi; Sermons (from Khutbah); 8. Nāsir-i Khusraw; Introduction S.H. Nasr; The Sum of the Two Wisdoms (from J; The Sum of the Two Wisdoms (from Jāmi' al-hikmatayn)
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Knowledge and Liberation (from Gushāyish wa rahāyish)Philosophical Poetry (from Dīwān); 9. Nasīr al-Dīn Tūsī; Introduction M. Aminrazavi; Contemplation and Action (from Sayr wa sulūk); The Garden of Submission, or Notions (from Rawda-yi taslīm or Tasawwurāt); Selected Bibliography; Index
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Also issued in print.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-84511-542-2
Language:
English
DOI:
10.5040/9780755610068
