The world of image in Islamic philosophy : Ibn Sīnā, Suhrawardī, Shahrazūrī, and beyond / L. W. C. van Lit.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lit, L. W. C. van (Lambertus Willem Cornelis), author.

Series:

Edinburgh studies in Islamic apocalypticism and eschatology.

Edinburgh studies in Islamic apocalypticism and eschatology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Islamic philosophy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : illustrations (black and white).

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh, Scotland : Edinburgh University Press Limited, [2017]

Language Note:

Text in English with excerpts in Arabic.

Summary:

Using an innovative approach, Van Lit looks at the curious idea concerning eschatology proposed by Ibn Sina.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

List of Figures and Tables

Acknowledgments

1 Introduction

2 From Ibn Sīnā to Suhrawardī: The Contested Idea of Using Imagination after Death

3 Suhrawardī’s Recognition of an Additional Realm

4 Shahrazūrī on Suhrawardī’s Suspended Images

5 Suhrawardī’s Lukewarm Commentators

6 The Reception of Shahrazūrī’s World of Image up until the Present Day

7 Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Appendix A: Edited Passages

Appendix B: List of Persons Mentioned in this Study

Index

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2017.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [237]-255) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4744-3502-5

1-4744-1586-5

OCLC:

1301547636