Neoplatonism and Islamic Thought

Neoplatonism and Islamic Thought

Islamic philosophy -- Greek influences
Neoplatonism

Albany : State University of New York Press

edited by Parviz Morewedge

Series: Studies in Neoplatonism ; v. 5.

Preface / R. Baine Harris -- Introduction / Parviz Morewedge -- I. The context of Islamic Neoplatonism -- A Critical Analysis of the Structure of the Kalam fi mahd al-khair (Liber de causis) / Richard C. Taylor -- The Relevance of Avicennian Neoplatonism / Joseph Owens -- The Neoplatonic Structure of Some Islamic Mystical Doctrines / Parviz Morewedge -- II. Neoplatonism and Islamic philosophy -- Quiddity and Universality in Avicenna / Michael E. Marmura -- Self-Knowing in Plato, Plotinus, and Avicenna / Laura Westra -- Al-Razi and al-Tusi on Ibn Sina's Theory of Emanation / Nicholas Heer -- Al-Farabi, Emanation, and Metaphysics / Therese-Anne Druart -- The Universal Soul and the Particular Soul in Isma'ili Neoplatonism / Paul E. Walker -- The Transformation of Spiritual Substance into Bodily Substance in Isma'ili Neoplatonism / Mohamed A. Alibhai -- III. Neoplatonism and Islamic mysticism -- The Circle of Spiritual Ascent According to Al-Qunawi / William C. Chittick -- The Return to "The One" in the Philosophy of Najm Al-Din Al-Kubra / David Martin -- Revelation and "Natural" Knowledge of God / Vincent Potter.

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