Dante's Pluralism and the Islamic Philosophy of Religion

Informationen zum Autor GREGORY B. STONE is Professor of French, Italian and Comparative Literature at Louisiana State University, USA. Klappentext This book explores the Islamic roots of the Western values of tolerance and religious pluralism, and considers Dante from the perspective of the Arab-Islamic philosophical tradition. It examines the relations between Islamic and Western thought, the historical origins of Western values, and the tradition of tolerance in classical Islamic thought. Zusammenfassung This book explores the Islamic roots of the Western values of tolerance and religious pluralism! and considers Dante from the perspective of the Arab-Islamic philosophical tradition. It examines the relations between Islamic and Western thought! the historical origins of Western values! and the tradition of tolerance in classical Islamic thought. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: A Comedy for Non-Christians PART ONE: VIRGIL'S HAPPINESS (DANTE, AL-FARABI, PHILOSOPHY) PART TWO: THE RIGHT PATH (DANTE'S UNIVERSALISM) Notes Works Cited

List of contents

Introduction: A Comedy for Non-Christians PART ONE: VIRGIL'S HAPPINESS (DANTE, AL-FARABI, PHILOSOPHY) PART TWO: THE RIGHT PATH (DANTE'S UNIVERSALISM) Notes Works Cited

Product details

• Authors: G Stone, G. Stone, Gregory B. Stone
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.06.2006
• EAN: 9781403971302
• ISBN: 978-1-4039-7130-2
• No. of pages: 320
• Series: The New Middle Ages; The New Middle Ages
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > General, dictionaries; Islam, B, History, European History, Literature: history & criticism, Literary studies: general, Philosophy of religion, History, Modern, Modern History, Palgrave Religion & Philosophy Collection, European Literature, Religion—Philosophy, Europe—History, Early Modern/Renaissance Literature, Early Modern and Renaissance Literature, Literature, Modern, Islam;philosophy of religion;religion