The wisdom of the mystic East : Suhrawardī and platonic orientalism / John Walbridge.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Walbridge, John.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Suhrawardī, Yaḥyá ibn Ḥabash, 1152 or 1153-1191.

Suhrawardī, Yaḥyá ibn Ḥabash.

Ishrāqīyah.

Islamic philosophy--Greek influences.

Islamic philosophy.

Physical Description:

xiii, 170 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, [2001]

Contents:

Introduction: Suhrawardi and the Orient 1

1 The Lure of Oriental Wisdom 5

The Greek Pseudepigrapha and Platonic Orientalism 5

The Basis of Platonic Orientalism 8

Suhrawardi as Orientalizing Neoplatonist 13

2 Hermes of Egypt: God and Philosopher 17

Hermes as Universal Sage: Greece, Egypt, Chaldaea 18

The Problem of Philosophy and the Greek Gods 24

The Sabians of Harran 37

The Hermetic in Suhrawardi's Thought 42

3 Light, Darkness, and the Kings of Ancient Iran 51

The Philosophical History of Light 52

Ghazali, the Ghost at Suhrawardi's Feast 54

Light, Darkness, and the Persians 57

4 Buddha's Gate of Gates: The Problem of Reincarnation 65

Buddhism and the Muslims 66

The Indian Sages and the Ancients 70

The Problem of Reincarnation 73

Recapitulation 83

5 The Past as Orient: The Ideological Heritage of Suhrawardi 85

Hermes and the Miraculous Preservation of the Avesta 86

The Commentators and the Persian Side of Suhrawardi 90

India: The Ancient Sages from Akbar to the Raj 91

Zoroaster and the Magi: Bruno, Voltaire, and Anquetil 93

Suhrawardi and Iranian Nationalism: The Persian Sages Return to Iran 105.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-155) and index.

ISBN:

0791450511

079145052X

OCLC:

46462705