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Informationen zum Autor Paul E. Walker is an historian at the University of Chicago and the author of *Abu Ya’qub al-Sijistani: Intellectual Missionary* (I.B.Tauris). Klappentext A systematic investigation of the life and thought of the Ismaili thinker! Hamid al-Din al-Kirmani. It focuses on the principal themes of his writings: the nature of human recognition and veneration of God; an understanding of the cosmic order; and the repose and tranquillity of the intellect. Vorwort A systematic investigation of the life and thought of the Ismaili thinker, Hamid al-Din al-Kirmani. It focuses on the principal themes of his writings: the nature of human recognition and veneration of God; an understanding of the cosmic order; and the repose and tranquillity of the intellect. Zusammenfassung A systematic investigation of the life and thought of the Ismaili thinker, Hamid al-Din al-Kirmani. It focuses on the principal themes of his writings: the nature of human recognition and veneration of God; an understanding of the cosmic order; and the repose and tranquillity of the intellect. Inhaltsverzeichnis The Imam and the "Da'i"; the works of al-Kirmani; al-Kirmani and the "Da'wa"; double observance by works and knowledge; God, creation and the cosmic order; the city of God. Appendices: al-Kirmani and the philosophers; al-Kirmani's citations of his own works; the author's table of contents for the "Rahat al-'aql".
