Author: Adamson, Peter ; & Taylor, Richard C. ; editors:
Title: The Cambridge Companion to Arabic Philosophy
Description: Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, (2006). 3rd printing, orig.wrappers. 23x15cm, xviii, 448 pp. PAPERBACK. Minor rubbing. VG. ¶ Contents: Greek into Arabic / Cristina D’ancona -- Al-Kindi and the reception of Greek philosophy / Peter Adamson -- Al-Farabi and the philosophical curriculum / David C. Reisman -- Ismailis / Paul E. Walker --Avicenna and the Avicennian tradition / Robert Wisnovsky -- Al-Ghazali / Michael E. Marmura -- Philosophy in Andalusia / Josef Puig Montada -- Averroes / Richard C. Taylor -- Suhrawardi and illuminationism / John Walbridge -- Mysticism and philosophy / Sajjad H. Rizvi -- Logic / Tony Street -- Ethical and political philosophy / Charles E. Butterworth -- Natural philosophy / Marwan Rashed -- Psychology / Deborah L. Black -- Metaphysics / Thérèse-Anne Druart -- Islamic philosophy and Jewish philosophy / Steven Harvey -- Arabic into Latin / Charles Burnett -- Recent trends in Arabic and Persian philosophy / Hossein Ziai. [" Philosophy written in Arabic and in the Islamic world represents one of the great traditions of Western philosophy. Inspired by Greek philosophical works and the indigenous ideas of Islamic theology, Arabic philosophers from the ninth century onwards put forward ideas of great philosophical and historical importance. This collection of essays, by some of the leading scholars in Arabic philosophy, provides an introduction to the field by way of chapters devoted to individual thinkers (such as al-Farabi, Avicenna and Averroes) or groups, especially during the 'classical' period from the ninth to the twelfth centuries. It also includes chapters on areas of philosophical inquiry across the

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