Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Transliteration x
5. Introduction Philosophy and Prophecy 1
6. Islamic Philosophy and its Study
7. The Study of Islamic Philosophy in the West in Recent Times: An Overview 13
8. The Meaning and Role of Philosophy in Islam 31
9. Al-Ḥikmat al-Ilāhiyyah and Kalām 49
10. Philosophical Issues
11. The Question of Existence and Quiddity and Ontology in Islamic Philosophy 63
12. Post-Avicennan Islamic Philosophy and the Study of Being 85
13. Epistemological Questions: Relations among Intellect, Reason, and Intuition within Diverse Islamic Intellectual Perspectives 93
14. Islamic Philosophy in History
15. A Framework for the Study of the History of Islamic Philosophy 107
16. Dimensions of the Islamic Intellectual Tradition: Kalām, Philosophy, and Spirituality 119
17. The Poet-Scientist ‘Umar Khayyām as Philosopher 165
18. Philosophy in Azarbaijan and the School of Shiraz 185
19. The School of Isfahan Revisited 209
20. Mullā Ṣadrā and the Full Flowering of Prophetic Philosophy 223
21. From the School of Isfahan to the School of Tehran 235
22. The Current Situation
23. Reflections on Islam and Modern Thought 259
24. Philosophy in the Land of Prophecy Yesterday and Today 273
25. Notes 281
26. Index 343