Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface vii
4. Abbreviations and short titles xv
5. 1 Crosspollinations 1
6. 2 Rāzī and Epicurus 35
7. 3 Baḥyā and Kant 68
8. 4 Maimonides and the Philosophers of Islam 89
9. 5 Friendship 119
10. 6 Determinism and freedom in Spinoza, Maimonides and Aristotle 146
11. 7 Ibn Khaldun and Thucydides 201
12. Bibliography 240
13. Index 245