The Development of Metaphysics in Persia
by Sir Muhammad Iqbal
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About this eBook
- Author
- Iqbal, Muhammad, Sir, 1877-1938
- Title
- The Development of Metaphysics in Persia A Contribution to the History of Muslim Philosophy
- Credits
- Produced by Fritz Ohrenschall, Sania Ali Mirza, Asad Razzaki and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- B: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion
- Subject
- Islamic philosophy -- Iran
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 41707
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/41707
- Release Date
- December 26, 2012
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.THE DEVELOPMENT OF METAPHYSICS IN PERSIA: A CONTRIBUTION TO THE HISTORY OF MUSLIM PHILOSOPHY BY SHAIKH MUHAMMAD IQBAL
- 2.INTRODUCTION.
- 3.CONTENTS.
- 4.PART I. Pre-Islamic Persian Philosophy. — CHAP. I. PERSIAN DUALISM. — § I. Zoroaster. — § II. Mānī [12:1] and Mazdak [12:2] . — § III. Retrospect. — FOOTNOTES:
- 5.PART II. Greek Dualism. — CHAP. II. THE NEO-PLATONIC ARISTOTELIANS OF PERSIA. — § I. Ibn Maskawaih [26:1] (d. 1030). — § II. Avicenna (d. 1037). — FOOTNOTES:
- 6.CHAP. III. THE RISE AND FALL OF RATIONALISM IN ISLĀM. — § I. The Metaphysics of Rationalism—Materialism. — § II. Contemporary Movements of Thought. — § III. Reaction against Rationalism. — FOOTNOTES:
- 7.CHAP. IV. CONTROVERSY BETWEEN IDEALISM AND REALISM. — A. The Nature of the Essence. — B. The Nature of Knowledge. — C. The Nature of Non-existence. — FOOTNOTES:
- 8.CHAP. V. ṢŪFĪISM. — § I. The origin and Qurānic Justification of Ṣūfīism. — § II. Aspects of Ṣūfī-Metaphysics. — FOOTNOTES:
- 9.CHAP. VI. LATER PERSIAN THOUGHT. — FOOTNOTES:
- 10.CONCLUSION. — ERRATA — Transcriber's Notes:
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