The story of Islamic philosophy : Ibn Tufayl, Ibn al-'Arabi, and others on the limit between naturalism and traditionalism / Salman H. Bashier.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bashier, Salman H., 1964-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Islamic philosophy--History.

Islamic philosophy.

Naturalism.

Tradition (Philosophy).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (212 p.)

Place of Publication:

Albany, N.Y. : State University of New York Press, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Offers a new interpretation of medieval Islamic philosophy, one informed by Platonic mysticism.

Contents:

Intro

The Story of Islamic Philosophy

Contents

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

Introduction

1. The File of Illuminationist Philosophy and the Purpose of Writing Hayy

The Legend of Eastern Philosophy

Eastern and Western Schools of Philosophy

Plato and Aristotle: The Heart and the Voice of Islamic Philosophy

The Purpose of Writing Hayy

2. The Introduction

Mystical Expression and Experience: Fundamental Sūfi Concepts

Knowledge1, Knowledge2, and Ghazālī's Niche of Lights

Ibn Sīnā's Liminal Depiction of the Mystical Experience

Salāmān and Absāl: The Hermetistic Version

Ibn Sīnā's Version

3. The Naturalistic Account of Hayy's Birth

Ibn Tufayl's Method of Concealment

Spontaneous Generation

A Liminal Depiction of the Chain of Existents

In the Earth of Barzakh

Plato's Myth of Spontaneous Generation

4. The Traditionalistic Account from the End

Divine Origins and Illuminative Gradations

Imitation and Interpretation

Ibn Tufayl's Liminal Declaration

5. The Origination of the World

Between Plato and Aristotle

Aristotle's Concept of the Infinite

Ibn Tufayl's Liminal Stand

6. The Shadow of Fārābī

Philosophy's Ultimate Mission

The Origination of Language

The Quest for Unity

The Development of Meanings

Two Conceptions of Dialectic

7. The Shadow of Ibn Bājja

Ibn Bājja on the Chain of Existents and Self-Intellection

The Presence of the Parable of the Cave

8. The Traditionalistic Account from the Beginning

The Emphasis on Balance and Equilibrium

The Discovery of Fire

The Sleepers in the Cave

The Encounter Between Moses and al-Khadir

Moses in Fusūs al-Hikam

9. Gilgamesh: The One Who Saw the Abyss

The Builder of the Great Walls and the Man-As-He-Was-In-the-Beginning

Intercourse as an Act of Writing

In Company with Gilgamesh.

Enkidu's Death

The Quest for Eternal Life

The Encounter with Utnapishtim

In the Underworld

10. The Tale of Bulūqiya Between Ibn al-'Arabī and Gilgamesh

The Tale of Hāsib Karīm al-Dīn

The Quest for the Plant of Life

The Mystical Dimension

Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Index

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C

D

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G

H

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Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781438437446

1438437447

OCLC:

802049177