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This broad comprehensive and yet concise introduction presents a reading ofIslamic philosophy as it evolved in the Middle Ages investigating how Islamicphilosophers thought and what they thought about.The book is divided into two parts the first part explores the epistemologicalfoundations of Islamic philosophy and discusses the most important andpenetrating interpretative paradigms proposed by the philosophers the secondpart describes some of their major themes. Each chapter is organisedchronologically and geographically providing the reader with a lucid profileof the evolution of Islamic philosophical thought with reference to specificthemes within the broader framework of Islamic history. Throughout the authorincludes extracts of translations from primary sources allowing thephilosophers to speak for themselves.Rather than offering a complete history of the subject the author aims tostimulate the reader to pursue the themes he outlines in the book the ideasthat were consistently the object of philosophical speculation among MedievalMuslim thinkers whose philosophy was rooted in Platonic and Aristotelianthought.This book is ideal for students wishing to trace the background to many ideasand thought processes governing contemporary Islamic thought. «
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