Wednesday, March 25, 2020

Avicenna's Philosophy Handout 01 (Introduction)

·      Outline

     Hikma and Philosophy in the Muslim World
o   Combination of “Islamic Philosophy”
§  Islamic Ideology
§  Philosophy inspired by Islamic teachings (speculative theology)
§  Philosophy developed in Islamic civilization by Muslim (or even non-Muslim) thinkers
o   Islam and literacy / Qur’an and reason and intellect
o   Philosophical questions and inspiration stemming from the Holy texts
o   Mixed reactions to Philosophy in the Islamic world and their origins
·      Peripatetic Philosophy
o   Peripatetic philosophy in its origin
§  They walked when doing philosophy?
§  The hallways of Lycum (the correct one)
§  The gradual process of thinking in contrast to sudden intuition
Peripatetic tradition in Islam. The contrast between masha (intellectual process) and Ishraq (sudden illumination)

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