ISLAMIC PHILOSOPHY
F R O M I T S O R I G I N
TO THE PRESENT
Philosophy in the Land of Prophecy
Seyyed Hossein Nasr
This book is the result of nearly fifty years of study and meditation
upon philosophy and philosophical issues as seen in light of the realities
revealed through prophecy both objective and inward in the form
of illumination. In a world in which philosophy has become so divorced
from revealed realities and secular thought has sought to
marginalize and even annihilate knowledge imbued with the sacred,
it is necessary to return, whenever possible, to the theme of the relation
between philosophy and prophecy through different perspectives
and angles of vision. Years ago we dealt with the heart of the question
of the relation between knowledge and the reality of the sacred in
Knowledge ad the Sacred and have returned to this subject from other
angles of vision in later works such as The Need for a Sacred Science.
In the present work we turn our gaze specifically upon philosophy
and especially Islamic philosophy. We deal with over a millennium
of Islamic philosophy, its doctrines, history, and approaches,
from the angle of vision of the relation between that long philosophical
tradition and the realities of prophecy that have always dominated
the horizon of the Islamic cosmos and the intellectual climate and
space of the Islamic people. Some of the chapters of this book were
written as essays over the years. They have all been thoroughly revised
and integrated into the framework of this book. Many other
chapters are new and were written specifically as integral parts of the
present work in order to complete the picture that we have sought to
depict in the pages that follow.
We wish to thank the Radius Foundation, which provided financial
help to make the preparation of this text possible. We are also
especially grateful to Katherine O’Brien, who prepared and readied the
handwritten material and numerous alterations required patience, knowhow,
and energy to carry out a Herculean task. Without her help it
would not have been possible to present the text for publication.
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F R O M I T S O R I G I N
TO THE PRESENT
Philosophy in the Land of Prophecy
Seyyed Hossein Nasr
This book is the result of nearly fifty years of study and meditation
upon philosophy and philosophical issues as seen in light of the realities
revealed through prophecy both objective and inward in the form
of illumination. In a world in which philosophy has become so divorced
from revealed realities and secular thought has sought to
marginalize and even annihilate knowledge imbued with the sacred,
it is necessary to return, whenever possible, to the theme of the relation
between philosophy and prophecy through different perspectives
and angles of vision. Years ago we dealt with the heart of the question
of the relation between knowledge and the reality of the sacred in
Knowledge ad the Sacred and have returned to this subject from other
angles of vision in later works such as The Need for a Sacred Science.
In the present work we turn our gaze specifically upon philosophy
and especially Islamic philosophy. We deal with over a millennium
of Islamic philosophy, its doctrines, history, and approaches,
from the angle of vision of the relation between that long philosophical
tradition and the realities of prophecy that have always dominated
the horizon of the Islamic cosmos and the intellectual climate and
space of the Islamic people. Some of the chapters of this book were
written as essays over the years. They have all been thoroughly revised
and integrated into the framework of this book. Many other
chapters are new and were written specifically as integral parts of the
present work in order to complete the picture that we have sought to
depict in the pages that follow.
We wish to thank the Radius Foundation, which provided financial
help to make the preparation of this text possible. We are also
especially grateful to Katherine O’Brien, who prepared and readied the
handwritten material and numerous alterations required patience, knowhow,
and energy to carry out a Herculean task. Without her help it
would not have been possible to present the text for publication.
Download From Mediafire
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