Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Acknowledgments IX
3. Contents XI
4. List of Figures and Tables XVI
5. Preface XVII
6. Part I: Propaedeutic
7. Chapter One Introduction 1
8. Chapter Two Classifying Suhrawardī’s Works: An Outline 11
9. Chapter Three Suhrawardī, the Categories, and Hylomorphism 23
10. Chapter Four Suhrawardī and the Terminology of Substance and Accident 47
11. Chapter Five A Tension Between “Intellectual Considerations” and the Categories? Some Remarks 59
12. Part II: Substance and Hylomorphism
13. Chapter Six Suhrawardī on Subject, Substrate, and Substance 69
14. Chapter Seven Suhrawardī on Substance and Accident 113
15. Chapter Eight Substantiality and Ranks of Substance 145
16. Chapter Nine Suhrawardī on Hylomorphism: Preliminary Remarks 173
17. Chapter Ten Prime Matter and Body 197
18. Chapter Eleven Quantity and Corporeality: The True Reality of Body and its Relation to Magnitude 259
19. Chapter Twelve Hylomorphism and Body: Concluding Remarks 305
20. Chapter Thirteen Species Forms and Qualities 319
21. Part III: Accidents
22. Chapter Fourteen The Category of Relative 361
23. Chapter Fifteen A Novel Category: Motion 427
24. Part IV: Epilog
25. Chapter Sixteen Final Words 475
26. Bibliography 483
27. Index of Names 505
28. Index of Subjects 509