TY  - BOOK
AU  - Adamson,Peter
TI  - Philosophy in the Islamic world : a history of philosophy without any gaps
SN  - 9780198818618
U1  - 181.07 23
PY  - 2016///
CY  - New York
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Islamic philosophy
KW  - History
KW  - fast
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 449-502) and index; Part I.  The formative period --; The straight path - philosophy and Islam --; All for one - the Mu'tazillites --; Founded in translation - from Greek to Syriac to Arabic --; Philosopher of the Arabs - al-Kindi --; The chosen ones - philosophy and Judaism --; Reasoned belief - Saadia Gaon --; High five - al-Rāzī --; Aristotelian society - the Baghdad school --; The second master - al-Fārābī --; State of mind - al-Fārābī on religion and politics --; Eye of the beholder - theories of vision --; Strings attached - music and philosophy --; Balancing acts - Arabic ethical literature --; Undercover brothers - philosophy in the Būyid age --; God willing - the Ash'arites --; The self-made man - Avicenna's life and works --; By the time I get to Phoenix - Avicenna on existence --; By all means necessary - Avicenna on god --; Into thin air - Avicenna on the soul --; Special delivery - al-Ghazālī --; Miracle worker - al-Ghazālī against the philosophers --; Part II. Andalusia --; Philosophy's reign in Spain - Andalusia --; Laying down the law - Ibn Hazm and Islamic legal theory --; Fantasy island - Ibn Bājja and Ibn Ṭufayl --; Back to basics - Averroes on reason and religion --; Single minded - Averroes on the intellect --; A matter of taste - Ibn 'Arabī and Sufism --; Team spirit - Ibn Khaldūn --; Matter over mind - Ibn Gabirol --; Choosing my religion - Judah Hallevi --; Born under a bad sign - freedom and astrology in Jewish philosophy --; With all your heart - ethics and Judaism --; The great eagle - Maimonides --; He moves in mysterious ways - Maimonides on eternity --; Burnt offerings - The Maimonidean controversy --; Man and superman - Gersonides and the Jewish reception of Averroes --; Neither the time not the place - Hasdai Crescas --; When bad things happen to good people - suffering in Jewish philosophy --; Chariot of fire - Kabbalah --; A matter of principles - Joseph Albo and Isaac Abravanel --; Part III. The later traditions --; Golden age - the later traditions --; All things considered - Abū l-Barakāt al-Baghdādī --; For the sake of argument - Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī --; Let there be light - Suhrawadī --; Bright ideas - illuminationism --; A man for all seasons - Naṣīr al-Dīn a-Ṭūsī --; To be or not to be - debating Avicenna's metaphysics --; Eyes wide shut - Rūmī and philosophical Sufism --; Proof positive - the logical tradition --; By the book - Ibn Taymiyya --; Aftermath - philosophy and science in the Mongol age --; Family feud - philosophy at Shīrāz --; Follow the leader - philosophy under the Sa.favids --; To be, continued - Mullā Ṣadrā on existence --; Return to sender - Mullā Ṣadrā on motion and knowledge --; Subcontinental drift - philosophy in Islamic India --; Turkish delights - philosophy under the Ottomans --; Blind alley - Taqlīd, Sufism, and philosophy --; The young ones - encounters with European thoughts --; The stronger sex - women scholars in the Islamic world --; All for one and one for all - Muḥammad 'Abduh and Muḥammad Iqbāl --; Iran so far - the heirs of Mullā Ṣadrā
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