An anthology of philosophy in Persia. / Volume I, : From Zoroaster to Umar Khayyam / / [edited by] Seyyed Hossein Nasr with Mehdi Aminrazavi; with the assistance of M. R. Jozi.

• TeilnehmendeR: Nasr, Seyyed Hossein,; Razavi, Mehdi Amin, 1957-
• Place / Publishing House: London ;, New York : : I.B. Tauris,, 2008.
• Year of Publication: 2008
• Edition: First edition.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (528 p.)
• Notes: First published in 1999 by Oxford University Press.

"The tradition of philosophy in the Persian-speaking world is extraordinarily rich, creative and diverse. This anthology, which is divided into three volumes, aims to communicate something of that richness and diversity. The term 'philosophy' is understood to in its widest sense to include theological debate, philosophical Sufism and philosophical hermeneutics (ta'wil). Extending over a period of more than two millennia, and showcasing translations by well-established scholars, the anthology offers full bibliographical references throughout. For anyone interested in exploring, in all their varied manifestations, the fascinating philosophical traditions of Persia, such a wide-ranging and ambitious work will be an indispensable resource. Volume 1 starts with the Zoroastrian period and extends to the time of Biruni and Oma Khayyam, paying special attenton to the peripatetic school associated with Ibn Sina (Avicenna). During the pre-Islamic period philosophy was intertwined with religion, and it is within Persian religious texts such as the "Gathas", the "Denkard", and the Zoroastrian texts of the "Bundahisn" that philosophical discussions of subjects ranging from metaphysics to cosmology and eschatology are to be found."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Table of Contents

Cover; Contents; Preface M. Aminrazavi; List of Reprinted Works; Note on Transliteration; List of Contributors; Prolegomenon S.H. Nasr; PART I. EARLY PERSIAN PHILOSOPHY: ZOROASTRIAN THOUGHT; Introduction M. Aminrazavi; 1. The Original Creation (from Bundahišn); 2. Greater Bundahišn; 3. The Answers of Manūskihar From Dādistān-i Dīnīk; 4. Opinions of the Spirit of Wisdom From Dīnā-i Maīnog-i Khirad; 5. Selected Readings; 6. Exegesis of the Good Religion Dēnkard VI; PART II. EARLY PHILOSOPHY: MANICHAEISM; Introduction M. Aminrazavi; 7. Central Principles (from the Kephalaia)

PART III EARLY ISLAMIC PHILOSOPHY: THE PERIPATETICSIntroduction S.H. Nasr; 8. Abu'l-'Abbās Muhammad Irānshahrī; Introduction M. Aminrazavi; The Ideas of Īrānshahrī; 9. Abū Nast Fārābī; Introduction S.H. Nasr; A Pharaphrase of Aristotle's Analytica Posteriora (from Kitāb al-burhān); A Reconciliation of the Opinions of the two Sages, Divine Plato and Aristotle (From al-Kitāb al-jam' bayn ra'yay al-hakīmayn, Aflātūn al-ilāhī wa Aristū; The Perfect State (from Mabādi' ārā' ahl al-madīnat al-fādilah); 10. Abu'l-Hasan 'Amirī; Introduction S.H. Nasr

Knowledge and the Religious Sciences (from al-I'lām bi manāqib al'Islām)On the Soul and its Fate (from al-Amad 'ala'l-abad); 11. Abū Sulaymān Sijistānī; Introduction M. Aminrazavi; Philosophical Treatises (Musannafāt); 12. Ibn Sīnā; Introduction S.H. Nasr; Metaphysics (from Dānish-nāmah-yi 'alā'ī); Creation Ex-Nihilo and Immediate Creation (from al-Ishārāt wa'l-tanbīhāt); On Theodicy and Providence I (from al-Shifā'); On Theodicy and Providence II (from al-Ishārāt wa'l-tanbīhāt); On Time (from al-Shifā'); The Stations of the Knowers (from al-Ishārāt wa'l-tanbīhāt)

Living Son of the Awake (from Risālah Hayy ibn Yaqzān)Introduction (from Mantiq al-mashraqiyyīn); 13. Abū 'Alī Ahmad ibn Muhammad Miskawayh; Introduction S.H. Nasr; Perennial Philosophy (Wisdom) (from al-Hikmat al-khālidah or Jāwīdān-khīrad); The Health of the Soul (from Tahdhīb al-akhlāq); 14. Bahmanyār Ibn Marzbān; Introduction M. Aminrazavi; Author's Foreword (from Kitāb al-tahsīl); PART IV. EARLY ISLAMIC PHILOSOPHY: THE INDIPENDENT PHILOSOPHERS; Introduction S.H. Nasr; 15. Abū Bakr Muhammad Zakariyyā' Rāzī; Introduction M. Aminrazavi

On the Excellence and Praise of Reason (from al-Tibb al-rūhānī)The Book of the Philosophic Life (from al-Sīrat al-falsafiyyah); 16. Abū Rayhān Bīrūnī; Introduction S.H. Nasr; The Belief of the Hindus in God (from Tahqīq mā li'l-Hind); Questions and Answers (from al-As'ilah wa'l-ajwibah); 17. 'Umar Khayyām; Introduction M. Aminrazavi; The Necessity of Contradiction, Free Will and Determinism (Darurat al-tadādd fi'l- 'ālam wa'l-jabr wa'l-baqā); Universals of Existence (Kulliyyāt-i wujūd); Selected Bibliography; Index