Description
The tradition of philosophy in the Persian-speaking world is extraordinarily rich, creative and diverse. This anthology, which is divided into three volumes, aims to communicate something of that richness and diversity.The term 'philosophy' is understood to in its widest sense to include theological debate, philosophical Sufism and philosophical hermeneutics (ta'wil). Extending over a period of more than two millennia, and showcasing translations by well-established scholars, the anthology offers complete bibliographical references throughout. For anyone interested in exploring, in all their varied manifestations, the fascinating
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PART I. EARLY PERSIAN PHILOSOPHY: ZOROASTRIAN THOUGHT
Introduction M. Aminrazavi
1. The Original Creation (from Bundahišn)
3. The Answers of Manūskihar From Dādistān-i Dīnīk
4. Opinions of the Spirit of Wisdom From Dīnā-i Maīnog-i Khirad
6. Exegesis of the Good Religion Dēnkard VI
PART II. EARLY PHILOSOPHY: MANICHAEISM
Introduction M. Aminrazavi
7. Central Principles (from the Kephalaia)
PART III EARLY ISLAMIC PHILOSOPHY: THE PERIPATETICS
8. Abu'l-'Abbās Muhammad Irānshahrī
Introduction M. Aminrazavi
A Pharaphrase of Aristotle's Analytica Posteriora (from Kitāb al-burhān)
A Reconciliation of the Opinions of the two Sages, Divine Plato and Aristotle (From al-Kitāb al-jam' bayn ra'yay al-hakīmayn, Aflātūn al-ilāhī wa Aristū
The Perfect State (from Mabādi' ārā' ahl al-madīnat al-fādilah)
Knowledge and the Religious Sciences (from al-I'lām bi manāqib al'Islām)
On the Soul and its Fate (from al-Amad 'ala'l-abad)
11. Abū Sulaymān Sijistānī
Introduction M. Aminrazavi
Philosophical Treatises (Musannafāt)
Metaphysics (from Dānish-nāmah-yi 'alā'ī)
Creation Ex-Nihilo and Immediate Creation (from al-Ishārāt wa'l-tanbīhāt)
On Theodicy and Providence I (from al-Shifā')
On Theodicy and Providence II (from al-Ishārāt wa'l-tanbīhāt)
The Stations of the Knowers (from al-Ishārāt wa'l-tanbīhāt)
Living Son of the Awake (from Risālah Hayy ibn Yaqzān)
Introduction (from Mantiq al-mashraqiyyīn)
13. Abū 'Alī Ahmad ibn Muhammad Miskawayh
Perennial Philosophy (Wisdom) (from al-Hikmat al-khālidah or Jāwīdān-khīrad)
The Health of the Soul (from Tahdhīb al-akhlāq)
14. Bahmanyār Ibn Marzbān
Introduction M. Aminrazavi
Author's Foreword (from Kitāb al-tahsīl)
PART IV. EARLY ISLAMIC PHILOSOPHY: THE INDIPENDENT PHILOSOPHERS
15. Abū Bakr Muhammad Zakariyyā' Rāzī
Introduction M. Aminrazavi
On the Excellence and Praise of Reason (from al-Tibb al-rūhānī)
The Book of the Philosophic Life (from al-Sīrat al-falsafiyyah)
The Belief of the Hindus in God (from Tahqīq mā li'l-Hind)
Questions and Answers (from al-As'ilah wa'l-ajwibah)
Introduction M. Aminrazavi
The Necessity of Contradiction, Free Will and Determinism (Darurat al-tadādd fi'l- 'ālam wa'l-jabr wa'l-baqā)
Universals of Existence (Kulliyyāt-i wujūd)
Anthology of Philosophyin Persia
：From Zoroaster to Omar Khayyam
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