The Philosophy of Illumination - A New Critical Edition of the Text of Hikmat Al-Ishraq

Klappentext Shihab al-Din al-Suhrawardi was born around 1154, probably in Northwestern Iran. Spurred by a dream in which Aristotle appeared to him, he rejected the Avicennan Peripatetic philosophy of his youth and undertook the task of reviving the philosophical tradition of the "Ancients." Zusammenfassung Shihab al-Din al-Suhrawardi was born around 1154! probably in Northwestern Iran. Spurred by a dream in which Aristotle appeared to him! he rejected the Avicennan Peripatetic philosophy of his youth and undertook the task of reviving the philosophical tradition of the "Ancients."

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• Authors: Shibab al-Din Al-Shurawardi, Suhrawardi, Shihab al-Din Suhrawardi
• Assisted by: John Walbridge (Translation), Hossein Ziai (Translation)
• Publisher: External catalogues_US
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.05.2000
• EAN: 9780842524575
• ISBN: 978-0-8425-2457-5
• Dimensions: 162 mm x 240 mm x 35 mm
• Series: Brigham Young University - Isl; Brigham Young University - Islamic Translation Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; Iran, Arabisch, Ostasiatische und indische Philosophie, Soziale Gruppen: religiöse Gemeinschaften, Bezug zum Islam und islamischen Gruppen