Three Muslim Sages: Avicenna, Suhrawardī, Ibn ʻArabī.

Three Muslim Sages: Avicenna, Suhrawardī, Ibn ʻArabī.

Seyyed Hossein Nasr

1964

I Avicenna (Ibn Sina) and the philosopher-scientists -- The predecessors of Avicenna -- Avicenna, a biographical sketch -- The avicennian corpus -- Ontology -- Cosmology and angelology -- The natural and mathematical sciences -- Psychology -- Religion and revelation -- The esoteric philosophy -- The school of Avicenna -- II Suhrawardi and the illuminationists -- The background before Suhrawardi -- Suhrawardi's life and works -- Sources of Ishraqi doctrine -- The meaning of Ishraq -- The classes of those who know -- Geographic symbolism -- Hikmat al-ishraq and its basic doctrines -- The significance of the visionary recitals -- The Ishraqi tradition -- III Ibn 'Arabi and the Sufis -- The Sufi tradition -- The significance of Ibn 'Arabi -- The life of the sage from Murcia -- The works -- The "sources" of Ibn 'Arabi -- The doctrine -- Sufism after Ibn ' Arabi.

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