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Illuminationist Texts and Textual Studies
Essays in Memory of Hossein Ziai
Series: - Iran Studies, Volume: 16
The late Professor Hossein Ziaiâs interests focused on the Illuminationist (IshrÄqÄ«) tradition. Dedicated to his memory, this volume deals with the post-Avicennan philosophical tradition in Iran, and in particular the Illuminationist school and later philosophers, such as those associated with the School of Isfahan, who were fundamentally influenced by it. The focus of various chapters is on translations, editions, and close expositions of rationalist works in areas such as epistemology, logic and metaphysics rather than mysticism more generally, and also on specific texts rather than themes or studies of individual philosophers. The purpose of the volume is to introduce new texts into the modern canon of Islamic and Iranian philosophy. Various texts in this volume have not been previously translated nor have they been the subject of significant Western scholarship.
Ali Gheissari D. Phil. University of Oxford, is Professor of History at the University of San Diego with research interest in the intellectual history of modern Iran. He has written extensively in Persian and English on modern Iranian history and on modern philosophy and social theory. His publications include Iranian Intellectuals in the Twentieth Century 1998; reissued, 2008; Persian translation of Immanuel Kantâs Groundwork of the Metaphysic of Ethics with Hamid Enayat, 1991; new edition with revisions, 2015, amongst numerous other books and articles. Ali Gheissari is also Editor-in-Chief of the journal Iranian Studies.
John Walbridge, Ph.D. Harvard, is Professor of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures and Adjunct Professor of Philosophy and of History and Philosophy of Science at Indiana University Bloomington. His academic specialty is post-classical Islamic philosophy, particularly the Illuminationist school, though he has also published on Islamic science and medicine and Islamic studies more generally. He is the author, co-author, or translator of nine books, including three monographs on Suhrawardī and the Illuminationist school.
Ahmed Alwishah, Ph.D University of California, Los Angeles, is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Pitzer College, Claremont Colleges and a life member of Clare Hall College at Cambridge University. His research focuses on Islamic philosophy and philosophy of language in Islamic tradition. He is the co-editor of Aristotle and the Arabic Tradition, 2015, and Ibn KammÅ«na Refinement and Commentary of SuhrawardÄ«âs Intimations, 2002 amongst other publications.
Contributors:
Eiyad S. al-Kutubi, Ahmed Alwishah, Charles Butterworth, Khaled El-Rouayheb, Ali Gheissari, Malihe Karbassian, Mohammad Karimi Zanjani Asl, Christian Lange, Y. Tzvi Langermann, Jon McGinnis, Nasrollah Pourjavady, Reza Pourjavady, L.W. Cornelis van Lit, John Walbridge
John Walbridge, Ph.D. Harvard, is Professor of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures and Adjunct Professor of Philosophy and of History and Philosophy of Science at Indiana University Bloomington. His academic specialty is post-classical Islamic philosophy, particularly the Illuminationist school, though he has also published on Islamic science and medicine and Islamic studies more generally. He is the author, co-author, or translator of nine books, including three monographs on Suhrawardī and the Illuminationist school.
Ahmed Alwishah, Ph.D University of California, Los Angeles, is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Pitzer College, Claremont Colleges and a life member of Clare Hall College at Cambridge University. His research focuses on Islamic philosophy and philosophy of language in Islamic tradition. He is the co-editor of Aristotle and the Arabic Tradition, 2015, and Ibn KammÅ«na Refinement and Commentary of SuhrawardÄ«âs Intimations, 2002 amongst other publications.
Contributors:
Eiyad S. al-Kutubi, Ahmed Alwishah, Charles Butterworth, Khaled El-Rouayheb, Ali Gheissari, Malihe Karbassian, Mohammad Karimi Zanjani Asl, Christian Lange, Y. Tzvi Langermann, Jon McGinnis, Nasrollah Pourjavady, Reza Pourjavady, L.W. Cornelis van Lit, John Walbridge
"This volume delivers what the editors promise at the outset: to introduce ânew texts into the modern canon of Islamic and Iranian philosophyâ (p. ix). It puts together scholarly editions of many texts which have not been available to Western readers, along with highly engaging introductions, helpful notes, and detailed bibliographies. For this, the editors and contributors deserve our gratitude." - Rasoul Namazi in Iranian Studies (2020)
Preface
Note on Contributors
I. Introduction
1. Ali Gheissari, âHossein Ziai, Professor of Philosophy and Iranian Studies: A Bio Bibliographical Introductionâ
2. John Walbridge, âHossein Ziai and SuhrawardÄ« Studiesâ
II. Suhrawardī and the Philosophy of Illumination
3. John Walbridge, âIlluminationist Manuscripts: Rediscovery and Reception of SuhrawardÄ«â
4. Mohammad Karimi Zanjani Asl, âSome Observations on the Kashf al-GhitÄâ li IkhwÄn al-SafÄ.â Translation of Kashf al-Ghiá¹Äâ by John Walbridge
5. John Walbridge, âSuhrawardÄ«âs Creed of the Sagesâ
6. Malihe Karbassian, âThe Meaning and Etymology of Barzakh in Illuminationist Philosophyâ
7. Nasrollah Pourjavady, âConcept of Sakina in SuhrawardÄ«â
III. The Illuminationists or SuhrawardÄ«âs Commentators
8. Ahmed Alwishah, âSuhrawardÄ« and Ibn KammÅ«na on the Impossibility of Having Two Necessary Existentsâ
9. Y. Tzvi Langermann, âIthbÄt al-Mabdaâ by SaÊ¿d ibn Manṣūr ibn KammÅ«na: A Philosophically Oriented Monotheistic Ethicâ
10. L.W.Cornelis van Lit and Christian Lange, âConstructing a World of Its Own: A Translation of the Chapter on the World of Image from ShahrazurÄ«iâs RasÄâil al-Shajarah al-IlÄhÄ«iyyaâ
11. Reza Pourjavady, âShihÄb al-DÄ«n SuhrawardÄ«âs âPostscriptâ to His Tablets of Ê¿ImÄd al-DÄ«n and Najm DÄ«n NayrÄ«zÄ«âs Commentary on Itâ
IV. The Wider Tradition
12. Khaled El-Rouayheb, âTakmÄ«il al-Mantiq: A Sixteenth Century Arabic Manual on Logicâ
13. Charles Butterworth, FÄrÄbÄ«âs Purposes of Aristotleâs Metaphysics and Avicennaâs âEasternâ Philosophyâ
14. Jon McGinnis, âMind the Gap: The Reception of Avicennaâs New Argument against Actually Infinite Spaceâ
15. Eiyad S. al-Kutubi, âTranslation of MullÄ SadrÄâs The Travelerâs Provision (ZÄd al-MusÄfier)â
Index
Note on Contributors
I. Introduction
1. Ali Gheissari, âHossein Ziai, Professor of Philosophy and Iranian Studies: A Bio Bibliographical Introductionâ
2. John Walbridge, âHossein Ziai and SuhrawardÄ« Studiesâ
II. Suhrawardī and the Philosophy of Illumination
3. John Walbridge, âIlluminationist Manuscripts: Rediscovery and Reception of SuhrawardÄ«â
4. Mohammad Karimi Zanjani Asl, âSome Observations on the Kashf al-GhitÄâ li IkhwÄn al-SafÄ.â Translation of Kashf al-Ghiá¹Äâ by John Walbridge
5. John Walbridge, âSuhrawardÄ«âs Creed of the Sagesâ
6. Malihe Karbassian, âThe Meaning and Etymology of Barzakh in Illuminationist Philosophyâ
7. Nasrollah Pourjavady, âConcept of Sakina in SuhrawardÄ«â
III. The Illuminationists or SuhrawardÄ«âs Commentators
8. Ahmed Alwishah, âSuhrawardÄ« and Ibn KammÅ«na on the Impossibility of Having Two Necessary Existentsâ
9. Y. Tzvi Langermann, âIthbÄt al-Mabdaâ by SaÊ¿d ibn Manṣūr ibn KammÅ«na: A Philosophically Oriented Monotheistic Ethicâ
10. L.W.Cornelis van Lit and Christian Lange, âConstructing a World of Its Own: A Translation of the Chapter on the World of Image from ShahrazurÄ«iâs RasÄâil al-Shajarah al-IlÄhÄ«iyyaâ
11. Reza Pourjavady, âShihÄb al-DÄ«n SuhrawardÄ«âs âPostscriptâ to His Tablets of Ê¿ImÄd al-DÄ«n and Najm DÄ«n NayrÄ«zÄ«âs Commentary on Itâ
IV. The Wider Tradition
12. Khaled El-Rouayheb, âTakmÄ«il al-Mantiq: A Sixteenth Century Arabic Manual on Logicâ
13. Charles Butterworth, FÄrÄbÄ«âs Purposes of Aristotleâs Metaphysics and Avicennaâs âEasternâ Philosophyâ
14. Jon McGinnis, âMind the Gap: The Reception of Avicennaâs New Argument against Actually Infinite Spaceâ
15. Eiyad S. al-Kutubi, âTranslation of MullÄ SadrÄâs The Travelerâs Provision (ZÄd al-MusÄfier)â
Index
All those interested in Islamic and Iranian intellectual history and philosophy and those working in the field of comparative philosophy. In addition to those scholars interested in Suhrawardī studies with particular reference to metaphysics, logic, and epistemology.