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Rábiʻa: the life & work of Rábiʻa and other women mystics in Islam
This authoritative account of the life and teachings of the ninth-century Muslim saint, Rabi'a, represents the first complete biography of this unique individual. Discussing the place of Rabi'a in Islamic tradition, Dr Smith also offers a survey of…
Alfarabi, Avicenna, and Averroes, on Intellect: their cosmologies, theories of the active intellect, and theories of human intellect
A study of problems revolving around the subject of intellect in the philosophies of Alfarabi (d. 950), Avicenna (980-1037), and Averroes (1126-1198), this book pays particular attention to the way in which these philosophers addressed the tangle of…
