A History of Muslim Philosophy: With Short Accounts of Other Disciplines & the Modern Renaissance in Muslim lands; 2 Volumes
Sharif, M.M.
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PRODUCT DETAILS
Book ID : 9099
ISBN-10 : 81-7536-145-X / 817536145X
ISBN-13 : 978-81-7536-145-4 / 9788175361454
Place
of Publication :
Delhi
Year
of Publication :
1989
Edition :
Language : English
1792p.
CONTENTS
DESCRIPTION
This 2-volume set gives to the reader a correct idea of the real source of Muslim philosophy and enables him to view this philosophy in its true perspective. Muslim philosophy like Muslim history in general has passed through five different stages. The first stage covers the period from the first/seventh century to the fall of Baghdad - under the heading "Early Centuries" This is followed by a shock-absorbing period of about half a century. Its third' stage is that of its second flowering treated under the heading "Later Centuries". It covers the period from the beginning of the eighth/ fourteenth to the beginning of the twelfth/eighteenth century. The four stage is that of the most deplorable decline covering a century and half. This is in the trust sense the Dark Age of Islam. With the middle of the thirteenth/nineteenth century begins its fifth stage covering the period of the modern Renaissance. Thus, in the course of its history, Muslim philosophy has had two rises and two falls and is now showing clear signs of a third rise. During the first period of its greatness Muslim philosophy shows four distinct lines of thought. The first is the theological-philosophy line, the second is mystical, the third philosophical and scientific, and the fourth is that taken by those who are called the "middle-roaders". The same line of thought running through the second rise of Islam is traced in order to bring it in clear contrast with the first. During both of these period of Islamic rise, considerable activity is noticeable in other disciplines. The period of modern renaissance in Islam is marked by political struggle for emancipation from foreign domination and freedom from conformism in both life and thought. The philosophers of this period are not mere philosophers. They are more political leaders, social reformers and men of action. The position of philosophy amongst the Muslim peoples today is no worse than it is in the rest of the world. What type of philosophical thought the future has in store for them is also forecast in this voluminous work.
