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Philosophy in the Islamic world: a history of philosophy without any gaps, volume 3
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Oxford University Press
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2016.
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First edition.
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English
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From the Book - First edition.
Part I. The formative period : The straight path: philosophy and Islam
All for one: the Muʻtazilites
Founded in translation: from Greek to Syriac to Arabic
Philosopher of the Arabs: al-Kindī
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 Ashʻarites
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 Ḥazm 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 ʻArabī 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 nor the place: Ḥasdai 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 ages: the later traditions
All things considered: Abū l-Barakāt al-Baghdādī
For the sake of argument: Fakhr al-Din al-Rāzī
Let there be light: Suhrawardī
Bright ideas: illuminationism
A man for all seasons: Naṣīr al-Dīn al-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 Safavids
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 thought
The stronger sex: women scholars in the Islamic world
All for one and one for All: Muḥammad ʻAbduh and Muḥammad Iqbāl
Iran so far: the heirs of Mullā Ṣadrā.
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