LEADER 04182nam 2200577Ia 450 001 9910813048003321 005 20240417032152.0 010 $a1-4384-3744-7 035 $a(CKB)2550000000106998 035 $a(OCoLC)802049177 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10573936 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000606710 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11405930 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000606710 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10582385 035 $a(PQKB)10094273 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3407075 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse14173 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3407075 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10573936 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000106998 100 $a20110214d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe story of Islamic philosophy$b[electronic resource] $eIbn Tufayl, Ibn al-'Arabi, and others on the limit between naturalism and traditionalism /$fSalman H. Bashier 210 $aAlbany, N.Y. $cState University of New York Press$dc2011 215 $a1 online resource (212 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a1-4384-3743-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntro -- The Story of Islamic Philosophy -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 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 -- Mystical Expression and Experience: Fundamental S?fi Concepts -- Knowledge1, Knowledge2, and Ghaz?l?'s Niche of Lights -- Ibn S?n?'s Liminal Depiction of the Mystical Experience -- Sal?m?n and Abs?l: The Hermetistic Version -- Ibn S?n?'s Version -- 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 F?r?b? -- 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 B?jja -- Ibn B?jja on the Chain of Existents and Self-Intellection -- The Presence of the Parable of the Cave -- 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 Fus?s 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. 327 $aEnkidu's Death -- The Quest for Eternal Life -- The Encounter with Utnapishtim -- In the Underworld -- 10. The Tale of Bul?qiya Between Ibn al-'Arab? and Gilgamesh -- The Tale of H?sib Kar?m al-D?n -- The Quest for the Plant of Life -- The Mystical Dimension -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- p -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W. 330 $aOffers a new interpretation of medieval Islamic philosophy, one informed by Platonic mysticism. 606 $aIslamic philosophy$xHistory 606 $aNaturalism 606 $aTradition (Philosophy) 615 0$aIslamic philosophy$xHistory. 615 0$aNaturalism. 615 0$aTradition (Philosophy) 676 $a181/.07 700 $aBashier$b Salman H.$f1964-$01655354 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910813048003321 996 $aThe story of Islamic philosophy$94030135 997 $aUNINA