Book ID: CBB760835782

The World of Image in Islamic Philosophy: Ibn Sina, Suhrawardi, Shahrazuri and Beyond (2017)

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Lit, L. W. C van (Author)


Edinburgh University Press


Publication Date: 2017
Physical Details: 288
Language: English

One of the most controversial issues that divided Islamic philosophers and theologians during the Middle Ages was whether human beings would have a spiritual or bodily existence after death. The idea of a world of image was conceived as a solution, suggesting that there exists a world of non-physical (imagined) bodies, beyond our earthly existence. This world may be reached in sleep, in meditation or after death.From the embryonic conception by Ibn Sina, to the radical rethinking by Suhrawardi and Shahrazuri into a sophisticated system, L. W. C. van Lit unravels the history of this idea. Using a distant reading approach for measuring the transmission, he further shows how the idea remained relevant for Muslim thinkers through the centuries, up until today.

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Authors & Contributors
Zghal, Hatem
İshak Arslan
Cordonier, Valérie
Khallaf El Ghalbi
Marasy, Mohsen
Sinai, Nicolai
Concepts
Arab/Islamic world, civilization and culture
Philosophy
Natural philosophy
Cosmology
Epistemology
Light
Time Periods
Medieval
Ancient
12th century
Early modern
Renaissance
Enlightenment
Places
Europe
Mediterranean region
Greece
Byzantium
Spain
Institutions
Ikhwān al-Ṣafā (Brethren of Purity)
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