Home Classical, Ancient Near Eastern & Egyptian Studies English Translation and Commentary of al-Ġazālī’s ›Maqāṣid al-falāsifa‹
book: English Translation and Commentary of al-Ġazālī’s ›Maqāṣid al-falāsifa‹
Book
Licensed
Unlicensed Requires Authentication

English Translation and Commentary of al-Ġazālī’s ›Maqāṣid al-falāsifa‹

  • Marco Signori
Part of the multi-volume work
Al-Ġazālī, The Intentions of the Philosophers
Languages: English, Arabic
Published/Copyright: 2025
Become an author with De Gruyter Brill
Scientia Graeco-Arabica
This book is in the series

About this book

This set of books offers the first complete English translation of Abū Ḥāmid al-Ġazālī’s The Intentions of the Philosophers [Maqāṣid al-falāsifa], an encyclopaedic philosophical summa on logic, metaphysics, and physics, in fifteen treatises, heavily inspired by Avicenna’s thought. The translation is accompanied by an analytical running commentary and by a comprehensive monographic study on the work.

Volume 1 presents the reader with a full English translation of, and an ample commentary on, the Maqāṣid al-falāsifa. The translation is based on a new inspection of Arabic manuscripts and the collation of the Arabic text with the medieval Latin version of the work, and it corrects the available Arabic editions in several points. The running commentary, addressing philological, philosophical, and historical issues, not only grants a full comprehension of the varied contents of the work, but also contributes to the academic study of Arabic philosophy, by clarifying the role of philosophical handbook played in history by al-Ġazālī’s work.

Author / Editor information

Marco Signori, IMT School for Advanced Studies, Lucca, Italy.


Publicly Available Download PDF
I

Publicly Available Download PDF
V

Requires Authentication Unlicensed

Licensed

Requires Authentication Unlicensed

Licensed
1

al-Ġazālī Abū Ḥāmid
Requires Authentication Unlicensed

Licensed
25

Requires Authentication Unlicensed

Licensed
801

Requires Authentication Unlicensed

Licensed

Requires Authentication Unlicensed

Licensed

Publishing information
Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
eBook published on:
September 22, 2025
eBook ISBN:
9783112206553
Hardcover published on:
September 22, 2025
Hardcover ISBN:
9783111735719
Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
Main content:
950
Illustrations:
21
Tables:
27
Downloaded on 19.10.2025 from https://www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783112206553/html?lang=en
Scroll to top button