Early philosophical Shiism : the Ismaili Neoplatonism of Ab? Ya?q?b al-Sijist?n? / Paul E. Walker
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1993. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #443860
ISBN: 0521441293
Physical description: xvi, 203 pages. Series: Cambridge studies in Islamic civilization. Contents: pt. I. Al-Sijistani's Heritage. 1. The Ismaili message and its philosophers. 2. Religious and philosophical resources. 3. Ismaili predecessors -- pt. II. Al-Sijistani's Universe. 4. Introduction: categories of thought and terms of analysis. 5. A theology of unqualified transcendence. 6. Creation as command. 7. Intellect, the sum of existent being. 8. Descending and ascending soul. 9. Nature and the physical realm. 10. A cosmic anthropology. 11. Prophecy, the deputy of intellect. 12. Interpretation and its institution. 13. Salvation and the womb of history -- Epilogue: The Use and Control of Reason. Subjects:Ab? Ya?q?b al-Sijist?n?, Is??q ibn A?mad active 10th century. Ismailites Doctrines History. Neoplatonism History.
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