The Story of Islamic Philosophy : Ibn Ṭufayl, Ibn Al-ʿArabī, and Others on the Limit Between Naturalism and Traditionalism.

Intro -- 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 Sūfi Concepts -- Knowledge1, Knowledge2, and Ghazālī's Niche of Lights -- Ibn Sīnā's Liminal Depiction of the Mystical Experience -- Salāmān and Absāl: The Hermetistic Version -- Ibn Sīnā'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 Fārābī -- 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 Bājja -- Ibn Bājja 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 Fusūs 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.

Enkidu's Death -- The Quest for Eternal Life -- The Encounter with Utnapishtim -- In the Underworld -- 10. The Tale of Bulūqiya Between Ibn al-'Arabī and Gilgamesh -- The Tale of Hāsib Karīm al-Dīn -- 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.

Offers a new interpretation of medieval Islamic philosophy, one informed by Platonic mysticism.

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