al-Tanqīḥāt fī sharḥ al-Talwīḥāt : refinement and commentary on Suhrawardī's Intimations, a thirteenth century text on natural philosophy and psychology /
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| Language: | Arabic English |
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Costa Mesa, Calif. :
Mazda Publishers,
2003
Costa Mesa, Calif. : 2003 |
| Series: | Bibliotheca Iranica Intellectual traditions series ;
no. 9 Bibliotheca Iranica Intellectual traditions series ; no. 9. Texts on medieval natural philosophy and psychology Bibliotheca Iranica Intellectual traditions series ; 9. Bibliotheca Iranica Intellectual traditions series ; no. 9. Texts on medieval natural philosophy and psychology |
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Table of Contents:
- I. Ibn Kammuna and His Commentary on Suhrawardi's al-Talwihat
- II. The Place of al-Talwihat in the Corpus of Illuminationist Philosophical Texts
- III. Analysis of Selected Problems From the Text of al-Tanqihat. Book One: On Bodies in General. 1. On the Definition of the Natural Body. 2. On the Divisibility of the Singular Atom. 3. Form and Matter. 4. On Direction. 5. On the Inclined Motion of Natural Bodies. 6. Space and its Primary Determinants. 7. On Proving the Impossibility of the Void. 8. On Time. Book Four: On the Soul. 1. On the Definition of the Soul. 2. The Internal Senses. 3. On the Rational Soul. 4. On the States and the Division of the Rational Soul. 4.1. The Theoretical Intellect and the Practical Intellect. 4.2. The Many Meanings of the Term "Intellect" 5. On the Immateriality of the Rational Soul. 6. On the Existence of the Rational Soul. 7. On Intuition and Other Mental States
- IV. Manuscripts of al-Tanqihat fi Sharh al-Talwihat