Universal science : : an introduction to Islamic metaphysics /

Universal science : : an introduction to Islamic metaphysics / / Mehdi Ha'iri Yazdi ; edited and introduced by Saiyad Nizamuddin Ahmad.

The Universal Science ( ʿIlm-i kullī ) by Mahdī Ḥāʾirī Yazdī , is a concise, but authoritative, outline of the fundamental discussions in Islamic metaphysics. For many years used as a textbook in Iran, this short text offers English readers a readily accessible, lucid, and yet deeply learned, guide...

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Bibliographic Details
Superior document:Modern Shiah Library, Volume 2
VerfasserIn:
Ḥāʼirī Yazdī, Mahdī,
TeilnehmendeR:
Cooper, John, 1947 August 24-
Ahmad, Saiyad Nizamuddin, 1966-
Place / Publishing House:Leiden, Netherlands ;, Boston, [Massachusetts] : : Brill Nijhoff,, 2017.
©2017
Year of Publication:2017
Language:English
Persian
Series:Modern Shīʻah library ; Volume 2.
Physical Description:1 online resource (216 pages) :; illustrations.
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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • Editor’s Introduction / Saiyad Nizamuddin Ahmad
  • Introduction
  • Existence (wujūd)–Being (hastī)
  • Mental Existence
  • Further Issues Relating to Existence
  • Contingency (imkān)
  • Priority and Posteriority
  • Unity, Multiplicity, and Predication
  • Quiddity
  • Potentiality (quwwah) and Actuality (fiʿl)
  • Cause (ʿillat) and Effect (maʿlūl)
  • Appendix
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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