2 Historical Prelude

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents IX
3. List of Illustrations XI
4. Acknowledgments XIII
5. Note on Transliterations, Dates, Texts, and Translations XV
6. Abbreviations XVII
7. Introduction 1
8. part one Revisiting the Myth of Adam’s Fall
9. 1 Setting the Scene 13
10. 2 Historical Prelude 36
11. 3 Greek Logic Arabicized and the Copula Transformed 50
12. 4 Avicenna 69
13. Part two An Overture Rather Than a Coda
14. 5 The “New Logicians” Stirring Things Up 87
15. 6 The Marāgha Generation of Logicians 109
16. 7 The Great Dialectic Commentaries 131
17. 8 To Shīrāz and Mughal India 156
18. Concluding Remarks 179
19. Notes 187
20. Bibliography 231
21. Index of Texts 263
22. General Index 267