Format:
1 Online-Ressource (XIII, 216 Seiten)
ISBN:
9789004527744
Series Statement:
Investigating medieval philosophy volume 17
Uniform Title:
Light in the cave
Content:
"Tianyi Zhang offers in this study an innovative philosophical reconstruction of Shihāb al-Dīn al-Suhrawardī's (d. 1191) Illuminationism. Commonly portrayed as either a theosophist or an Avicennian in disguise, Suhrawardīappears here as an original and hardheaded philosopher who adopts mysticism only as a tool of philosophical inquiry. Zhang makes use of Plato's cave allegory to explain Suhrawardī's Illuminationist project. Focusing on three areas-the theory of presential knowledge, the ontological discussion of mental considerations, and Light Metaphysics-Zhang convincingly reveals the Nominalist and Existential nature of Illuminationism, and thereby proposes a new way of understanding how Suhrawardī's central philosophical ideas cohere"--
Note:
Laut Brill Frontpage erschienen am 28.12.2022
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Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Cambridge, 2019, under the title: Light in the cave : a philosophical enquiry into the nature of Suhrawardī's Illuminationist philosophy
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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ISBN der Print-Ausgabe führt zu einem anderen Titel
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English
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Zhang, Tianyi A philosophical enquiry into the nature of Suhrawardī's illuminationism Leiden : Brill, 2023 ISBN 9789004523715
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1163/9789004527744
