The Cambridge companion to Arabic philosophy / [print]
edited by Peter Adamson, Richard C. Taylor.
- Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, [(c)2005.
- xviii, 448 pages ; 24 cm.
- Cambridge companions to philosophy .
Greek into Arabic Al-Kindi and the reception of Greek philosophy Al-Farabi and the philosophical curriculum Isma'ilis Avicenna and the Avicennian tradition Al-Ghazali Philosophy in Andalusia Averroes Suhrawardi and illuminationism Mysticism and philosophy Logic Ethical and political philosophy Natural philosophy Psychology Metaphysics Islamic philosophy and Jewish philosophy Arabic into Latin Recent trends in Arabic and Persian philosophy Cristina D'ancona Peter Adamson David C. Reisman Paul E. Walker Robert Wisnovsky Michael E. Marmura Josef Puig Montada Richard C. Taylor John Walbridge Sajjad H. Rizvi Tony Street Charles E. Butterworth Marwan Rashed Deborah L. Black Therese-Anne Druart Steven Harvey Charles Burnett Hossein Ziai.
Publisher description: 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 tradition, such as ethics and metaphysics. Finally, it includes chapters on later Islamic thought, and on the connections between Arabic philosophy and Greek, Jewish, and Latin philosophy. The volume also includes a useful bibliography and a chronology of the most important Arabic thinkers.