Suhrawardi and the School of Illumination

1. Auflage 1996
ISBN: 978-0-7007-0412-5
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 202 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 319 g

Reihe: Routledge Sufi Series

Shihab al-Din Yahya Suhrawardi, also known as Shaikh al-ishraq or the Master of Illumination, lived in the sixth century AH / twelfth century CE.
His thoughts form a consistent and coherent philosophical system, and a close study of his writings in Persian reveals a theory of knowledge generally called 'Knowledge by Presence'. The elaborate web of myth and symbolism in Suhrawardi's philosophy articulates his theory of knowledge, an important subject in the ishraqi school of thought.
Suhrawardi, who claims first to have discovered the truth and then embarked on a path to find the rational basis of his experiential wisdom, represents a thinker who tried to reconcile rational discourse and inner purification.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Aminrazavi, Mehdi Amin Razavi

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Erkenntnistheorie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Nicht-Westliche Philosophie Indische & Asiatische Philosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

The life and works of Suhrawardi. Central Themes. Practical Sufism. Philosophical Sufism. The Influence of Suhrawardi on Islamic Philosophy. Conclusion and Bibliography.

Über Autor(innen)

Mehdi Amin Razavi Aminrazavi