| Description |
xxvi, 430 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
1. The legacy of Greece, Alexandria, and the orient -- 2. Early political and religious tensions -- 3. Beginnings of systematic philosophical writing in the ninth century -- 4. The further development of Islamic neo-Platonism -- 5. Neo-Pythagoreanism and the popularization of the philosophical sciences -- 6. The diffusion of philosophical culture in the tenth century -- 7. The interaction of philosophy and dogma -- 8. The rise and development of Islamic mysticism (Sufism) -- 9. The Arab-Spanish interlude and the revival of peripateticism -- 10. Post-Avicennian developments : illumination and the reaction against peripateticism -- 11. Theological reaction and reconstruction -- 12. Modernist trends -- 13. Contemporary trends |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page) and index |
| Subject |
Islamic philosophy -- History.
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| LC no. |
2004051978 |
| ISBN |
0231132204 |
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0231132212 (paperback: alk. paper) |
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