The Development of Metaphysics in Persia

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The Development of Metaphysics in Persia- Hard cover

Author : Allama Muhammad Iqbal

ISBN : 9789694164922

Year : 2018

Language : English

Pages : 143

Weight : 342 grams

Contents

PART I

Pre-Islamic Persian Philosophy

Chapter I. Persian Dualism

Section II. Zoroaster

Section III. Mani and Mazdak

Section IV. Retrospect

PART II

Greek Dualism

Chapter II. The Neo-Platonic Aristotelians of Persia

Section I. Ibn Maskawaih

Section II. Avicenna

Chapter III. The Rise and Fall of Rationalism in Islam

Section I. The Metaphysics of Rationalism - Materialism

Section II. Contemporary Movement of Thought

Section III. Reaction against Rationalism - The Ash'arite

Chapter IV. Controversy between Idealism and Realism

Chapter V. Sufism

Section I. The Origin and Quranic Justification of Sufism

Section II. The Aspects of Sufi-Metaphysics

A. Reality as Self-conscious Will

B. Reality as Beauty

C. Reality as Light or Thought

I. Reality as Light - Al- IShraqi (Return to Persian Dualism)

II. Reality as Though - Al- Jili

Chapter VI Later Persian Thought

Conclusion

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