An Introduction to Classical Islamic Philosophy

Oliver Leaman

doi:10.1017/CBO9781139164719

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PART I AL-GHAZĀLĪ'S ATTACK ON PHILOSOPHY

Fakhry, M., ‘The “antinomy” of the eternity of the world in Averroes, Maimonides and Aquinas’, Muséon, 66 (1953), pp. 139–55

Goodman, L., ‘Ghazali's argument from creation (I)’, International Journal of Middle Eastern Studies, 2 (1971), pp. 67–85

Goodman, L., ‘Did al-Ghazali deny causality?’, Studia Islamica, 47 (1978), pp. 83–120

Hourani, G., ‘The dialogue between al-Ghazālī and the philosophers on the origin of the world’, Muslim World, 48 (1958), pp. 183–91, 308–14

Marmura, M., ‘Avicenna and the problem of the infinite number of souls’, Medieval Studies, 22 (1960), pp. 232–9

Marmura, M., ‘Some aspects of Avicenna's theory of God's knowledge of particulars’, Journal of the American Oriental Society, 82 (1962), pp. 299–312

Marmura, M., ‘Ghazali and demonstrative science’, Journal of the History of Philosophy, 3 (1965), pp. 183–204

PART II REASON V. REVELATION IN PRACTICAL REASONING

Altmann, A., ‘Maimonides’ “four perfections”'Israel Oriental Studies, 2 (1972), pp. 15–24

Fakhry, M., ‘Al-Fārābī and the reconciliation of Plato and Aristotle’, Journal of the History of Ideas, 26 (1965), pp. 469–78. Summary of al-Farābī's Agreement of the opinions of the philosophers Plato and Aristotle

Hourani, G., ‘Ghazali on the ethics of action’, Journal of the American Oriental Society, 96 (1976), pp. 69–88

Hourani, G., ‘Islamic and non-Islamic origins of Mu'tazilite ethical rationalism’, International Journal of Middle Eastern Studies, 7 (1976), pp. 56–87

Leaman, O., ‘Does the interpretation of Islamic philosophy rest on a mistake?’, International Journal of Middle Eastern Studies, 12 (1980), pp. 525–38

Leaman, O., ‘Ibn Bājja on society and philosophy’, Der Islam, 57 (1980), pp. 109–19

Leaman, O., ‘Ibn Rushd on happiness and philosophy’, Studia Islamica, 52 (1980), pp. 167–81

Lerner, R., Averroes on Plato's ‘Republic’, trans. introduction and notes (Ithaca, Cornell University Press, 1974)

Rosenthal, E., Political thought in medieval Islam (Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1968)

Rosenthal, E., Studia Semitica, vols. I and II (Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1971)

Ibn Ṭufayl, Ḥayy ibn Yaqzān, trans. L. Goodman (New York, Twayne, 1972)

INTRODUCTIONS TO ISLAMIC PHILOSOPHY

Fakhry, M., A history of Islamic philosophy (New York, Columbia University Press, 1983)

Watt, W., Islamic philosophy and theology (Edinburgh, Edinburgh University Press, 1962)

AVERROES AND ARISTOTLE

Butterworth, C., ‘La valeur philosophique des commentaires d'Averroes sur Aristote’ in Multiple Averroes (Paris, Les Belles Lettres, 1978), pp. 117–26

Gätje, H., ‘Averroes als Aristoteleskommentator’, Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft, 114 (1964), pp. 59–65

Gätje, H., Das Kapitel über das Begehren aus dem mittlern Kommentar des Averroes zur Schrift über die Seele (Amsterdam, 1985), see pp. 23–35

Cruz, Hernández M., ‘El sentido de las tres lecturas de Aristotéles por Averroes’, Academia Nazionale dei Lincei, Rendicotti della Classe di Scienze morali, storiche e filològiche, 28, 3–4, pp. 567–85

Cruz Hernández, M., Abu-l-Walid Ibn Ruṣd (Averroes): Vida, Obra, Pensamiento, Influencia (Cordoba, Cajasur, 1986)

Druart, T.-A., ‘Averroes: the commentator and the commentators’, in L. Schrenk (ed.), Aristotle in late antiquity, Catholic University of American Press, (Washington 1994)

Hanafi, H., ‘Ibn Rushd shārihan Aristű’, Dirāsāt Islāmīyya (1982), pp. 157–202

Leaman, O., ‘Is Averroes an Averroist?’, in F. Niewöhner and L. Sturlese (eds.), Averroismus im Mittelalter und in der Renaissance (Zurich, Spur, 1994), pp. 9–22

Leaman, O., ‘Averroes’, in F. Niewöhner (ed.), Klassiker der Religionsphilosophie: von Platon bis Kierkegaard (Munich, Beck, 1995), pp. 142–62

Leaman, O., Averroes and his philosophy (Richmond, Curzon, 1997)

Martínez Lorca, A. (ed.), Al encuentro de Averroes (Madrid: Editorial Trotta, 1993)

Urvoy, D., ‘Ibn Rushd’, in History of Islamic philosophy, ed. S. Nasr and O. Leaman (London, Routledge, 1996), pp. 330–45

Urvoy, D., Averroes: les ambitions d'un intellectual musulman (Paris, Flammarion, 1998)

GENERAL INTRODUCTIONS TO ISLAMIC PHILOSOPHY IN THE CLASSICAL PERIOD

Corbin, H., History of Islamic philosophy, trans. L. Sherrard (London, Kegan Paul International, 1993)

Fakhry, M., A history of Islamic philosophy (New York, Columbia University Press, 1983)

Fakhry, M., An introduction to Islamic philosophy, theology and mysticism (Oxford, OneWorld, 1997)

Leaman, O., A companion to the philosophers, ed. R. Arrington (Oxford, Blackwell, 1999), ‘Alfarabi’, pp. 675–7, ‘Avicenna’, pp. 671–4, ‘Averroes’, pp. 667–70, ‘Ghazali’, pp. 678–80 and ‘Maimonides’, pp. 683–5

Leaman, O., Eastern philosophy: key readings (London, Routledge, 2000)

Leaman, O., ‘A guide to bibliographical resources’ and ‘General introductions to Islamic philosophy’, in S. Nasr and O. Leaman (eds.), History of Islamic philosophy (London, Routledge, 1996), pp. 1173–76 and 1177–9

Leaman, O., ‘Islamic philosophy’, in E. Craig (ed.), Encyclopedia of philosophy (London, Routledge, 1998)

Leaman, O., Key concepts in Eastern philosophy (London, Routledge, 1999)

Leaman, O. (ed.), Encyclopedia of Asian philosophy (London, Routledge, 2001)

USEFUL ARTICLES AND TRANSLATIONS

Lerner, R. and Mahdi, M. (eds.), Medieval political philosophy: a sourcebook (Ithaca, NY, Cornell University Press, 1972)

Morewedge, P. (ed.), Islamic philosophical theology (Albany, State University of New York Press, 1979)

Morewedge, P. (ed.), Islamic philosophy and mysticism (New York, Caravan Books, 1981)

CRITICAL SURVEYS

Butterworth, C., ‘The study of Arabic philosophy today’, Middle East Studies Association Bulletin, 17 (1983), pp. 8–24; 161–77

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Frontmatter
pp i-vi

Contents
pp vii-viii

Preface to the first edition
pp ix-x

Preface to the second edition
pp xi-xiii

List of texts and abbreviations
pp xiv-xvi

Introduction
pp 1-38

PART I - AL-GHAZĀLĪ'S ATTACK ON PHILOSOPHY
pp 39-40

1 - How did God create the world?
pp 41-106

2 - Immortality and the active intellect
pp 107-129

3 - Can God know particulars?
pp 130-144

PART II - REASON V. REVELATION IN PRACTICAL REASONING
pp 145-146

4 - Are the ethics of religion objective or subjective?
pp 147-173

5 - Happiness, philosophy and society
pp 174-190

6 - How to read Islamic philosophy
pp 191-236

Further reading
pp 237-244

Glossary
pp 245-245

Index of passages
pp 246-248

General index
pp 249-253

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