The Story of Islamic Philosophy by Bashier, Salman H. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Title Page Copyright Page Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations Introduction 1. The File of Illuminationist Philosophy and the Purpose of Writing Hayy

The Legend of Eastern Philosophy Eastern and Western Schools of Philosophy Plato and Aristotle: The Heart and the Voice of Islamic Philosophy The Purpose of Writing Hayy

2. The Introduction

3. The Naturalistic Account of Hayy's Birth

Ibn Tufayl's Method of Concealment Spontaneous Generation A Liminal Depiction of the Chain of Existents In the Earth of Barzakh Plato's Myth of Spontaneous Generation

4. The Traditionalistic Account from the End

Divine Origins and Illuminative Gradations Imitation and Interpretation Ibn Tufayl's Liminal Declaration

5. The Origination of the World

Between Plato and Aristotle Aristotle's Concept of the Infinite Ibn Tufayl's Liminal Stand

6. The Shadow of Fārābī

Philosophy's Ultimate Mission The Origination of Language The Quest for Unity The Development of Meanings Two Conceptions of Dialectic

7. The Shadow of Ibn Bājja

8. The Traditionalistic Account from the Beginning

The Emphasis on Balance and Equilibrium The Discovery of Fire The Sleepers in the Cave The Encounter between Moses and al-Khadir Moses in Fusūs al-Hikam

9. Gilgamesh: The One Who Saw the Abyss

The Builder of the Great Walls and the Man-As-He-Was-In-The-Beginning Intercourse as an Act of Writing In Company with Gilgamesh Enkidu's Death The Quest for Eternal Life The Encounter with Utnapishtim In the Underworld

10. The Tale of Bulūqiya between Ibn al-'Arabī and Gilgamesh

The Tale of Hāsib Karīm al-Dīn The Quest for the Plant of Life The Mystical Dimension

Conclusion Notes Bibliography