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Title Medieval Islamic philosophical writings / edited by Muhammad Ali Khalidi
Published Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005

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Description 1 online resource (xlviii, 186 pages)
Series Cambridge texts in the history of philosophy
Cambridge texts in the history of philosophy.
Contents Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chronology; Further reading; Note on the translation; Al-Farabi, The Book of Letters; Ibn Sina, On the Soul; Al-Ghazali, The Rescuer from Error; Ibn Tufayl, Hayy bin Yaqzan; Ibn Rushd, The Incoherence of the Incoherence; Index
Summary This volume presents a selection of texts by the most celebrated philosophers of the classical period of Islam, including Farabi, Ghazali (Avicenna) and Ibn Rushd (Averroes). An introduction situates the text in their philosophical and historical contexts, and the volume also includes helpful notes on further reading
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages xliii-xlvi) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Islamic philosophy.
Philosophy, Medieval.
PHILOSOPHY -- Eastern.
Islamic philosophy
Philosophy, Medieval
Islamische Philosophie
Islamitische filosofie.
Middeleeuwen.
Genre/Form Quelle.
Form Electronic book
Author Khalidi, Muhammad Ali (Professor of philosophy)
ISBN 0511080573
9780511080579
0511079818
9780511079818
9780511811050
0511811055