Islamic Philosophy from Its Origin to the Present: Philosophy in the Land of Prophecy book pdf download

Author: Seyyed Hossein Nasr

About the Author: Seyyed Hossein Nasr was born on (April 7, 1933 AD) in the Iranian capital, Tehran, Iran. He is a contemporary Islamic philosopher who works as a professor in the Department of Islamic Studies at George Washington University. He is a prominent Iranian philosopher, and has many books and articles. [7] Seyyed Hossein Nasr is famous in the field of comparative religion, Sufism, philosophy of science and metaphysics. His philosophy includes a strong criticism and rejection of modernity and its negative impact on the human spirit.

Islamic Philosophy from Its Origin to the Present: Philosophy in the Land of Prophecy book pdf download By Seyyed Hossein Nasr

Islamic Philosophy from Its Origin to the Present offers a comprehensive overview of Islamic philosophy from the ninth century to the present day. As Seyyed Hossein Nasr attests, within this tradition, philosophizing is done in a world in which prophecy is the central reality of life–a reality related not only to the realms of action and ethics but also to the realm of knowledge. Comparisons with Jewish and Christian philosophies highlight the relation between reason and revelation, that is, philosophy and religion. Nasr presents Islamic philosophy in relation to the Islamic tradition as a whole, but always treats this philosophy as philosophy, not simply as intellectual history. In addition to chapters dealing with the general historical development of Islamic philosophy, several chapters are devoted to later and mostly unknown philosophers. The work also pays particular attention to the Persian tradition. Nasr stresses that the Islamic tradition is a living tradition with significance for the contemporary Islamic world and its relationship with the West. In providing this seminal introduction to a tradition little-understood in the West, Nasr also shows readers that Islamic philosophy has much to offer the contemporary world as a whole

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