Richmond, Surrey [England] : Curzon Press, Date: 1996. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; 375 pp. Contents; 1. Mysticism and traditional philosophy in Persia, pre-Islamic and Islamic -- 2. Cosmography in pre-Islamic and Islamic Persia. The question of the continuity of Iranian culture -- 3. The tradition of Islamic philosophy in Persia and its significance for the modern world -- 4. The significance of Persian philosophical works in the tradition of Islamic philosophy -- 5. Why was al-Farabi called the Second Teacher? -- 6. Ibn Sina: a general survey -- 7. Ibn Sina's prophetic philosophy -- 8. Biruni as philosophe -- 9. Biruni versus Ibn Sina on the nature of the universe -- 10. Nasir-i Khusraw: the philosopher-poet -- 11. Fakhr al-Din Razi -- 12. Suhrawardi: a general survey -- 13. The Persian works of Shaykh al-Ishraq Suhrawardi -- 14. The spread of the illuminationist school of Suhrawardi -- 15. Omar Khayyam: philosopher-poet-scientist -- 16. The world view and philosophical perspective of Hakim Nizami Ganjawi -- 17. Afdal al-Din Kashani and the philosophical world of Khwajah Nasir al-Din Tusi -- 18. Muhammad ibn Muhammad Nasir al-Din Tusi -- 19. Qutb al-Din Shirazi -- 20. The status of Rashid al-Din Fadallah in the history of Islam philosophy and science -- 21. The School of Isfahan -- 22. Sadr al-Din Shirazi -- 23. Mulla ...

ISBN10: 0700703144, ISBN13: 9780700703142, [publisher: Richmond, Surrey [England] : Curzon Press] Hardcover First Edition Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; 375 pp., illustrations. Contents; 1. Mysticism and traditional philosophy in Persia, pre-Islamic and Islamic -- 2. Cosmography in pre-Islamic and Islamic Persia. The question of the continuity of Iranian culture -- 3. The tradition of Islamic philosophy in Persia and its significance for the modern world -- 4. The significance of Persian philosophical works in the tradition of Islamic philosophy -- 5. Why was al-Farabi called the Second Teacher? -- 6. Ibn Sina: a general survey -- 7. Ibn Sina's prophetic philosophy -- 8. Biruni as philosophe -- 9. Biruni versus Ibn Sina on the nature of the universe -- 10. Nasir-i Khusraw: the philosopher-poet -- 11. Fakhr al-Din Razi -- 12. Suhrawardi: a general survey -- 13. The Persian works of Shaykh al-Ishraq Suhrawardi -- 14. The spread of the illuminationist school of Suhrawardi -- 15. Omar Khayyam: philosopher-poet-scientist -- 16. The world view and philosophical perspective of Hakim Nizami Ganjawi -- 17. Afdal al-Din Kashani and the philosophical world of Khwajah Nasir al-Din Tusi -- 18. Muhammad ibn Muhammad Nasir al-Din Tusi -- 19. Qutb al-Din Shirazi -- 20. The status of Rashid al-Din Fadallah in the history of Islam philosophy and ...
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ISBN10: 0700703144, ISBN13: 9780700703142, [publisher: Richmond, Surrey [England] : Curzon Press] Hardcover First Edition Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; 375 pp., illustrations. Contents; 1. Mysticism and traditional philosophy in Persia, pre-Islamic and Islamic -- 2. Cosmography in pre-Islamic and Islamic Persia. The question of the continuity of Iranian culture -- 3. The tradition of Islamic philosophy in Persia and its significance for the modern world -- 4. The significance of Persian philosophical works in the tradition of Islamic philosophy -- 5. Why was al-Farabi called the Second Teacher? -- 6. Ibn Sina: a general survey -- 7. Ibn Sina's prophetic philosophy -- 8. Biruni as philosophe -- 9. Biruni versus Ibn Sina on the nature of the universe -- 10. Nasir-i Khusraw: the philosopher-poet -- 11. Fakhr al-Din Razi -- 12. Suhrawardi: a general survey -- 13. The Persian works of Shaykh al-Ishraq Suhrawardi -- 14. The spread of the illuminationist school of Suhrawardi -- 15. Omar Khayyam: philosopher-poet-scientist -- 16. The world view and philosophical perspective of Hakim Nizami Ganjawi -- 17. Afdal al-Din Kashani and the philosophical world of Khwajah Nasir al-Din Tusi -- 18. Muhammad ibn Muhammad Nasir al-Din Tusi -- 19. Qutb al-Din Shirazi -- 20. The status of Rashid al-Din Fadallah in the history of Islam philosophy and ...
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