Routledge Library Editions Islamic Thought In The Middle Ages

Author : Various
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
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Release : 2015-10-13
Category : Islamic philosophy
ISBN : 1138939137

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Routledge Library Editions: Islamic Thought in the Middle Ages by Various Pdf

This multi-volume set from a range of international authors brings together a collection of writings on Islamic philosophy and thought in the Middle Ages - a time of great advances in human thinking. Out-of-print and hard to find, these titles form an essential reference source for the understanding of this flowering of Islamic thought in all its varied facets.

Author : Dominique Urvoy
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 159 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2017-06-13
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1138947385

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Ibn Rushd (Averroes) by Dominique Urvoy Pdf

The twelfth-century philosopher Ibn Rushd, also known as Averroes, played a crucial role in the transmission of classical philosophy to Islam, and his work had a profound influence on western scholasticism and on aspects of Renaissance thought. This book, first published in 1991, sets out the main elements of Ibn Rushd¿s work against the historical and cultural background of Muslim Spain. It shows how his writings formed part of the wider movement of Almohadism and seeks to understand the mixed reception of his thought and the rise and fall of his reputation.

Author : Muhsin Mahdi
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1020653490

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Ibn Khaldûn's Philosophy of History by Muhsin Mahdi Pdf

Author : Aziz Al-Azmeh
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2013-07-18
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781134607532

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Arabic Thought and Islamic Societies (RLE Politics of Islam) by Aziz Al-Azmeh Pdf

This is a study of the structure and composition of the official learning current in medieval Arabic culture. This comprises natural sciences both exoteric and esoteric (medicine, alchemy, astrology and others), traditional and religious sciences (such as theology, exegesis and grammar), philosophical sciences such as metaphysics and ethics, in addition to technical disciplines like political theory and medicine, and other fields of intellectual endeavour. The book identifies and develops a number of conceptual elements common to the various areas of official Arabic scientific discourse, and shows how these elements integrate these disparate sciences into an historical epistemic unity. The specific profile of each of these different sciences is described, in terms of its conceptual content, but especially with reference to its historical circumstances. These are seen to be embodied in a number of institutional supports, both intellectual and social: paradigms, schools of thought, institutions of learning, pedagogic techniques, and a body of professionals, all of which combine to form definite, albeit ever renewed, traditions of learning. Finally, an attempt is made to relate Arabic scientific knowledge in the Middle Ages to patterns of scientific and political authority. First published in 1986.

Author : Soheil M. Afnan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2015-10-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781317378594

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Avicenna by Soheil M. Afnan Pdf

This book, first published in 1958, examines the life and works of Avicenna, one of the most provocative figures in the history of thought in the East. It shows him in the right historical perspective, as the product of the impact of Greek thought on Islamic teachings against the background of the Persian Renaissance in the tenth century. His attitude can be of guidance to those in the East who are meeting the challenge of Western civilization; and to those in the West who have yet to find a basis on which to harmonize scientific with spiritual values.

Author : Aziz Al-Azmeh
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : History
ISBN : 0203381467

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Arabic Thought and Islamic Societies by Aziz Al-Azmeh Pdf

This is a study of the structure and composition of the official learning current in medieval Arabic culture. This comprises natural sciences both exoteric and esoteric (medicine, alchemy, astrology and others), traditional and religious sciences (such as theology, exegesis and grammar), philosophical sciences such as metaphysics and ethics, in addition to technical disciplines like political theory and medicine, and other fields of intellectual endeavour. The book identifies and develops a number of conceptual elements common to the various areas of official Arabic scientific discourse, and shows how these elements integrate these disparate sciences into an historical epistemic unity. The specific profile of each of these different sciences is described, in terms of its conceptual content, but especially with reference to its historical circumstances. These are seen to be embodied in a number of institutional supports, both intellectual and social: paradigms, schools of thought, institutions of learning, pedagogic techniques, and a body of professionals, all of which combine to form definite, albeit ever renewed, traditions of learning. Finally, an attempt is made to relate Arabic scientific knowledge in the Middle Ages to patterns of scientific and political authority. First published in 1986.

Author : W.J. Prendergast
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2015-10-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781317378563

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The Maqámát of Badí' al-Zamán al-Hamadhání by W.J. Prendergast Pdf

The triple aim of Hamadhání in this work, first translated into English in 1915, appears to have been to amuse, to interest and to instruct; and this explains why, in spite of the inherent difficulty of a work of this kind composed primarily with a view to the rhetorical effect upon the learned and the great, there is scarcely a dull chapter in the fifty-one maqámát or discourses. The author essayed, throughout these dramatic discourses, to illustrate the life and language both of the denizens of the desert and the dwellers in towns, and to give examples of the jargon and slang of thieves and robbers as well as the lucubrations of the learned and the conversations of the cultured.

Author : Muhsin Mahdi
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2017-06-13
Category : History
ISBN : 1138947245

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IBN Khaldûn's Philosophy of History by Muhsin Mahdi Pdf

This book, first published in 1957, is the study of 14th-century Arab historian Ibn Khaldun, who founded a special science to consider history and culture, based on the philosophy of Plato and Aristotle and their Muslim followers. In no other field has the revolt of modern Western thought against traditional philosophy been so far-reaching in its consequences as in the field of history. Ibn Khaldun realized that history is more immediately related to action than political philosophy because it studies the actual state of man and society. He found that the ancients had not made history the object of an independent science, and thought it was important to fill this gap. A factual acquaintance with the conclusions of Ibn Khaldun¿s reflections on history is not the same as the full comprehension of their theoretical significance. When these fundamental questions are answered, it becomes possible to pose the specific question of the relation of Ibn Khaldun¿s philosophy of history, or his new science of culture, to other practical sciences and, particularly, to the art of history. After an exposition of the major trends of Islamic historiography, part of this book attempts to answer this question through the analysis of the method and intention of the sections of the ¿History¿ where Ibn Khaldun himself examines the works of major Muslim historians, shows the necessity of the new science of culture, and distinguishes it from other practical sciences.

Author : Seyyed Hossein Nasr,University Professor of Islamic Studies Seyyed Hossein Nasr, PH.D.
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2010-12-14
Category : Islamic civilization
ISBN : 0415611857

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Islamic Life and Thought by Seyyed Hossein Nasr,University Professor of Islamic Studies Seyyed Hossein Nasr, PH.D. Pdf

Originally published in 1981. This collection of essays by one of the best known contemporary Muslim scholars writing in English covers many facets of Islamic life and thought

Author : S. M. Ziauddin Alavi
Publisher : Atlantic Publishers & Distri
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Education, Medieval
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Muslim Educational Thought in the Middle Ages by S. M. Ziauddin Alavi Pdf

Author : Parviz Morewedge
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2015-10-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781317366102

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The 'Metaphysica' of Avicenna (ibn Sīnā) by Parviz Morewedge Pdf

In this book, first published in 1973, Professor Parviz Morewedge, an expert on Islamic philosophy and mysticism, provides a critical exposition of one text of ibn Sina (Avicenna), the great Persian philosopher who lived from 980 to 1037. The text is his Metaphysica in the Danish Nama-I ‘ala’I (The Book of Scientific Knowledge). In addition to a translation of the text from Persian into English, this edition includes a critical commentary on the major arguments found in the text, and notes and references to other texts of ibn Sina as well as to relevant texts of Greek philosophers, particularly Aristotle, Plotinus and Proclus. There is also a glossary of the key terms used in the Metaphysica, with their Persian, Arabic, Greek and Latin equivalents where necessary. This book is concerned primarily to show that although in the text ibn Sina resorts to the Aristotelian vocabulary and Neo-Platonic themes, and appears to be in accord with the Islamic tradition, there is evidence that many doctrines expressed by him may be considered non-Greek and non-Islamic. These include his peculiar doctrine of Self (nafs) and the doctrine of the Necessary Existent (wajib al-wujud). The author attempts to clarify the extent to which salient features of ibn Sina’s position are in agreement with what may be regarded as Sufic doctrines.

Author : Ali Abdullah Al-Daffa'
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 151 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2020-09-10
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781000156249

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The Muslim Contribution to Mathematics by Ali Abdullah Al-Daffa' Pdf

This book, first published in 1977, discusses the Muslim contribution to mathematics during the golden age of Muslim learning from the seventh to the thirteenth century. It was during this period that Muslim culture exerted powerful economic, political and religious influence over a large part of the civilised world. The work of the Muslim scholars was by no means limited to religion, business and government. They researched and extended the theoretical and applied science of the Greeks and Romans of an earlier era in ways that preserved and strengthened man’s knowledge in these important fields. Although the main object of this book is to trace the history of the Muslim contribution to mathematics during the European Dark Ages, some effort is made to explain the progress of mathematical thought and its effects upon present day culture. Certain Muslim mathematicians are mentioned because of the important nature of their ideas in the evolution of mathematical thinking during this earlier era. Muslim mathematicians invented the present arithmetical decimal system and the fundamental operations connected with it – addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, raising to a power, and extracting the square root and the cubic root. They also introduced the ‘zero’ symbol to Western culture which simplified considerably the entire arithmetical system and its fundamental operations; it is no exaggeration if it is said that this specific invention marks the turning point in the development of mathematics into a science.

Author : Various Authors
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 1488 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2022-07-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781315311609

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Routledge Library Editions: Islam, State and Society by Various Authors Pdf

The seven volumes in this set, originally published between 1923 and 1987, explore the influence of Islam on law, politics, science, and development in the Muslim world. This set will be of interest to students of both Islamic and Middle Eastern studies.

Author : Josef W. Meri
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 980 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2005-10-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781135456030

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Medieval Islamic Civilization by Josef W. Meri Pdf

Medieval Islamic Civilization examines the socio-cultural history of the regions where Islam took hold between the seventh and sixteenth century. This important two-volume work contains over 700 alphabetically arranged entries, contributed and signed by international scholars and experts in fields such as Arabic languages, Arabic literature, architecture, art history, history, history of science, Islamic arts, Islamic studies, Middle Eastern studies, Near Eastern studies, politics, religion, Semitic studies, theology, and more. This reference provides an exhaustive and vivid portrait of Islamic civilization including the many scientific, artistic, and religious developments as well as all aspects of daily life and culture. For a full list of entries, contributors, and more, visit www.routledge-ny.com/middleages/Islamic.

Author : Josef W. Meri
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 980 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Islam
ISBN : 9780415966900

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Medieval Islamic Civilization by Josef W. Meri Pdf

Examines the socio-cultural history of the regions where Islam took hold between the 7th and 16th century. This two-volume work contains 700 alphabetically arranged entries, and provides a portrait of Islamic civilization. It is of use in understanding the roots of Islamic society as well to explore the culture of medieval civilization.