Format:
1 online resource (369 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9789047410959
Series Statement:
Brill Classics in Islam Ser. v.v. 2
Content:
In Knowledge Triumphant, Franz Rosenthal observes that the Islamic civilization is one that is essentially characterized by knowledge ('ilm), for ''ilm is one of those concepts that have dominated Islam and given Muslim civilization its distinctive shape and complexion.'.
Content:
FOREWORD -- INTRODUCTION --- Dimitri Gutas -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER ONE THE KNOWLEDGE BEFORE KNOWLEDGE -- 1. The Root '-l-m -- 2. The Evidence of Poetry -- CHAPTER TWO THE REVELATION OF KNOWLEDGE -- 1. A Word Count and its Meaning -- 2. The Motivating Force behind the Qur ânic Use of '-l-m -- 3. Human Knowledge and Divine Knowledge -- 4. Jâhilîyah -- 5. Wisdom and Knowledge -- CHAPTER THREE THE PLURAL OF KNOWLEDGE -- CHAPTER FOUR DEFINITIONS OF KNOWLEDGE -- CHAPTER FIVE KNOWLEDGE IS ISLAM (Theology and Religious Science) -- 1. Books and Chapters "On Knowledge" -- 1. The Knowledge and Faith -- 3. God's Knowledge -- 4. Man's Knowledge of God -- 5. Shî 'ah Notions of Knowledge -- CHAPTER SIX KNOWLEDGE IS LIGHT (Sûfism) -- CHAPTER SEVEN KNOWLEDGE IS THOUGHT (Philosophy) -- 1. Graeco-Arabic Translation Terminology -- 2. Logic, "The Science of Knowledge" -- 3. Epistemology as a Tool of Theology and Jurisprudence -- CHAPTER EIGHT KNOWLEDGE IS SOCIETY (Education) -- 1. 'Ilm-'Amal-Adab: Knowledge, Action, General Education -- 2. 'Ilm in Adab Anthologies -- 3. Monographs in Praise of Knowledge and the Educational Literature -- 4. Materials for an Appraisal of Knowledge as a Societal Force -- The Attitude Toward Doubt -- Limitations on Individual Knowledge -- Personal Failings of Scholars -- Knowledge as Life and as Food for the Soul -- Knowledge in its Relation to Money and Power -- CONCLUDING REMARK -- INDEX.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789004153868
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9789004153868
Language:
English
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