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The Cambridge Companion to Medieval Jewish Philosophy
From the ninth to the fifteenth centuries Jewish thinkers living in Islamic and Christian lands philosophized about Judaism. Influenced first by Islamic theological speculation and the great philosophers of classical antiquity, and then in the late…
The Elixir of the Gnostics
"Sadr al-Din Muhammad Shirazi, more commonly called Mulla Sadra (1572-1640), was one of the grand scholars of the later period of Islamic philosophy and has become one of the best known Muslim philosophers. Originally composed in Arabic, Iksir…
The Formative Period of Islamic Thought
A clear picture of the main lines of philosophical development from the death of Muhammad in 632, to 950.
The Grammar of Architecture
"Engraved plates from the great works of architectural history illustrate a journey around the architecture of civilizations east and west, from Ancient Egypt to the Industrial Revolution. Extended captions and annotations supply the reader with a…
