Edited by Saiyad Nizamuddin Ahmad, Ph.D. 2000.
Contains a series of studies into the philosophical trends and thinkers associated with the Shī'ī tradition from a symposium held September 2-4, 2015, at the Warburg Institute in London, England. The volume offers insight into the rich intellectual history in Shī'ah Islam of examining enduring and integral theological, mystical, metaphysical, and epistemological questions. The chapters are broad in scope, commencing from the classical period of philosophical theology and proceeding to examine philosophical aspects of the thought of al-Shaykh al-Mufīd, Mīr Dāmād, and Mullā Ṣadrā, amongst others.
Contents
Preface / Sayyid Amjad H. Shah Naqavi -- Introduction / Sajjad H. Rizvi -- The theory of states from al-Mufīd to al-Murtaḍā / Hussein Abdulsater -- {\textquoteright}Imamate by any other name would smell as sweet{\textquoteright}: Ibn al-'Arabī{\textquoteright}s Doctrine of the Perfect Man (al-insān al-kāmil) / Saiyad Nizamuddin Ahmad -- Seals and sealing of Walāyah in Ṣufi and Shī'ī texts: the cases of al-Ḥakīm al-Tirmidhī and Sa'd al-Dīn Ḥamūyah / Elizabeth R. Alexandrin -- The wisdom of God and the tragedy of history: the concept of appearance (badā') in Mīr Dāmād{\textquoteright}s Lantern of brightness / Matheiu Terrier -- Applying gradational ontology to logic: Mullā Ṣadrā on propositions / Sümeyye Parildar -- The intellect in Mullā Ṣadrā{\textquoteright}s commentary on the Uṣul al-kāfī / Jari Kaukua -- Rajab 'Alī Tabrīzī{\textquoteright}s {\textquoteright}Refutation{\textquoteright} of Ṣadrian metaphysics / Muhammad U. Faruque, Mohammed Rustom -- The Imām{\textquoteright}s ethical body: embodied virtue and the human constitution in Shī'ī philosophy / Cyrus Ali Zargar.
}, year = {2017}, publisher = {Shī{\textquoteright}ah Institute Press}, address = {London}, isbn = {9780993588433}, language = {eng}, }