Philosophia Islamica

General and introductory texts:

• History of Muslim Philosophy Ed. M. M. Sharif. An overview of Muslim Philosophy in English.
• Introduction of Greek Philosophy in the Muslim World. (new)
• Articles by S. H. Nasr:
  • The meaning and concept of philosophy in Islam
  • The Qur'an and Hadith as source and inspiration of Islamic Philosophy
• Islamic Philosophy by M. Saeed Sheikh (This book has been published under four different names--this is the original!) (pdf format) It is a very brief introduction to main areas of the discipline.
• Al-falsafa al-'arabia: mushkalat wa'hulul (Arabic Philosophy: problems and solutions) By Ali Bomelhem. (Arabic PDF). 
• Al-tafkeer al-falsafi al-islami (Islamic Philosophical Thought). S. Dunya (Arabic pdf) 
• Islamic Theology and Philosophy by M. W. Watt. (pdf format)  
• History of Islamic Philosophy by Majid Fahkry. (Partial E-text)
• Islamic Philosophy Overviews:
  • From Routledge:
    • History of Islamic Philosophy (HIP) table of contents (pdf) 
    • a Listing of Islamic Philosophy articles from Encyclopedia of Philosophy (REP). 
    • Just what is Islamic Philosophy. (REP) By O. Leaman. (link)
  • Transcript: From Egyptian TV. Some articles are on Muslim Philosophers.
  • a Listing of Islamic Philosophy articles from The Encyclopedia of Islam (EI).
  • a Listing of Islamic Philosophy articles from McMillan Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
• Metaphysics in Islamic Philosophy by F. Shehadi (pdf format) 
• Durrant's Story of Civilization's article on Islamic Philosophy (Arabic E-text in word format) 
• The History of Philosophy in Islam by T. J. De Bore (dated) also available in pdf.
• Greek into Arabic. R. Walzer. A collection of articles on the flow of Greek philosophy into Arabic and its practitioners. (PDF)
• The Philosophy of the Kalam. Harry A. Wolfson  (PDF) 
• The Philosophical Forum 1972 issue on Islamic Philosophy. (pdf) 
• Transcendent Philosophy: E-Journal for Comparative Philosophy & Mysticism. (link).
• Bibliography:
  • Collected Scholarly volumes in Islamic philosophy. (link) 
  • List of works arranged by Philosopher. (link)
  • A bibliography of of Books on Islam which includes Islamic Philosophy.
• Philosophy of the Muslim World: Authors and Principal Themes, J. Kenny, O. P. (link).
• Adventures in Philosophy: A brief history of Islamic Philosophy. From the Radical Academy (link)

Current research and events:

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Upcoming Event: 

• In the Age of Averroes: Arabic Thought at the End of the Classical Period. An international conference to be held at the Warburg Institute, Woburn Square, London February 14 (Thursday)-16 (Saturday), 2008. Announcement

Projects: 

• Prof. Taylor's Study the influence of philosophers of the Arabic / Islamic tradition and their influence on Thomas Aquinas. (link)
• In the Age of Averroes: Arabic Thought at the End of the Classical Period. An international conference to be held at the Warburg Institute, Woburn Square, London February 14 (Thursday)-16 (Saturday), 2008. Announcement

   

Past events: 

• "The Muslim, Christian, and Jewish Heritage: Philosophical and Theological Explorations in the Abrahamic Traditions" February 28 - March 2, 2007. (Conference website)

Ongoing events: 

• Middle East Studies Association (MESA), to be held at Boston November 2006. Deadline for submission is Feb. 2006.- Announcement calendar. (link)
• American Academy of Religion November 2006. Meeting calendar. (link)
• American Philosophical Association (APA) Announcement calendar. (link)

New publications: 

• The Journal of Islamic philosophy volume 2.
• SUFISM AND THEOLOGY, Ayman Shihadeh (ed.), Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2007, ISBN: 9780748626052.
• Prof. Mashhad Al-Allaf, The Essential Ideas of Islamic Philosophy: A Brief Survey, The Edwin Mellen Press, USA, 2006, ISBN: 0-7734-5848-4, HC, 345 pp.
• Probing in Islamic Philosophy, Studies in the Philosophies of Ibn Sina, al-Ghazali and Other Major Muslim Thinkers, Prof. Michael E. Marmura, Global Academic Publishing: Binghamton (ISBN: 1586842544)
• The Teleological Ethics of Fakhr al-Din al-Razi, Ayman Shihadeh, Brill: Leiden, 2006 (ISBN: 9004149910)
• Al-Kindi by Prof. P. Adamson, Oxford University Press, 2006 (ISBN: 0195181433)
• Biographical Encyclopedia of Islamic Philosophy. Oliver Leaman ed.  Thoemmes Continuum, London, 2006. ISBN: 1843711486
• God and Humans in Islamic Thought: 'Abd al-Jabbar, Ibn Sina and al-Ghazali, Maha Elkaisy-Friemuth, Routledge, London, 2006. ISBN:0415400287
• Avicenna's Metaphysics of the Healing, Translated by M. Marmura, Brigham Young University Press: Provo, 2005. (ISBN: 0934893772)
• Philosophy, Theology and Mysticism in Medieval Islam: Texts and Studies on the Development and History of Kalam, Richard M. Frank, Ashgate Variorum, Burlington, 2005. ISBN: 0860789772
• THE CAMBRIDGE COMPANION TO ARABIC PHILOSOPHY Edited by Peter Adamson and Richard C. Taylor ISBN 0 521 52069 X. 2005.
• Medieval Islamic Philosophical Writings (Cambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy) Muhammad Ali Khalidi, ISBN: 0521529638, 236 pages (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge: 2005).
• Introduction to Islamic Philosophy. In Italian...
• Ibn Taymiyya. Fetwa de Mardin (See pdf for Table des matières) Un ouvrage de XII & 176p. (13X19) ISBN: 2841612554 (12€) La Librairie de l'Orient (El-Bouraq éditions). 2005. (French)
• Ibn Taymiyya. Un Dieu Hésitant? (See pdf for Table des matières) Un ouvrage de VI & 37p. (14X21) ISBN: 2841612554 (4€) La Librairie de l'Orient (El-Bouraq éditions). 2005 (French)
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New Dissertations: 

• Announce your completed dissertation or these here, e-mail us with the details.
• Brown, Keven, Time, Perpetuity, and Eternity: Mir Damad's Theory of Perpetual Creation and the Trifold Division of Existence: An Analysis of Kitab al-Qabasat: The Book of Blazing Brands (UCLA 2006). (link)

New Online: 

• A list of books that are available online in PDF format.
• al-Moqabast of Abu Hayan al-tawhidi, H. Sanduby, ed., Kuwait, 2nd imp. 1992. (pdf).
• Sharh al-usul al-khamsa - Qadi Abd al-jabar, A.K. Othman, ed., Cairo, 3rd imp. 1996. (pdf).

The Philosophers:

Those who shaped Islamic Philosophy into something quite unique. (In chronological order)

• The Translator's Page. (Those who brought Greek thought into Arabic).
  • Philosophy Entry from al-Nadim's Fahrist (English E-text) Pdf. 
• al-Kindi Site (d. 866) our site dedicated to him.
• Al-Farabi Site  (870-950) 
  • Kitab al-Huruf (Book of letters) Arabic html E-text. Also in word file format.
  • al-tahsil Arabic word file. 
  • The Philosophy of Plato and Aristotle. English E-text PDF format. 
  • and much more texts see our Farabi pages!
• Ibn Sina Site (Avicenna) (980-1037) and the Ibn Sina Gallery.
• Ibn Hazm (994-1063).
  • Al-fasl fil al-Milal wal-Nihal (on Sects)
  • On Mannerism and Behavior. (on Ethics), English translation and in Arabic word. 
  • The Dove's Necklace. (on love) is here.
• Al-Ghazali Site (1058-1111). (Note new URL www.ghazali.org.)
• Shahrastani (1087-1153):  Nihyat al-qadam fi Ilm al-Kalam (Islamic Theology) (Arabic and English E-text in pdf format). Arabic text only 
• Ibn Tufayl (1110-1185) (PDF) 
  • Hayy bani Yaqzan (Living son of awake) (pdf) -(unedited rtf). 
• Ibn Rushd Site (Averroes) (1126-1198).
• Fakhraddin al-Razi (1149-1209) (PDF) 
  • Book on Ethics an English translation of Kitab al-nafs wa'l-ruh wa sharh quwahuma (pdf). 
• Muhyiddin Ibn 'Arabi (1165-1240)  (Bio, PDF) (Ibn 'Arabi Society) (Anqa Publishing)
• Ibn Taymiyah. (1263-1328) Finally our Site on the man.
• Ibn Kummunah, one of his works: (PDF)
• Ibn Khaldun's Life and works. (1332-1406). a link to an improved version.
  • Autobiography (at-Tarif) In Arabic (word).
  • al-Muqadimah (Prolegomena) In Arabic (word). 2718kb very large file!
    • English Translation (E-text)
  • Ibn Khaldun: His Life and Works by M. A. Enan (pdf E-text) 
  • Ibn Khaldun: a short Bio
  • History of Muslim Philosophy Bio. (PDF)
  • Identification, asabiyah and culture: Ibn Khaldun and Freud. by Alfredo Lustosa (Portuguese html)
• Mulla Sadra. (1571-1640) Bio from History of Muslim Philosophy.   (Website - link)
• Muhammad Iqbal Site (1877 -1938)
• More Modern Philosophers. In the 19th and 20th Century. A (incomplete) Who's Who short list.
  • Abdel-Rahman Badawi (1917- 2002) Review of life and works. (link)
    • Translation of Aritstotle's Poetica in Arabic. PDF file. 
  • Muhammad Baqir as-Sadr: (1935-1980) Our Philosophy. Trans. by S. Inati. (E-text)
  • Murtada Mutahhari: Introduction to Ilm al-Kalam. (E-text)
  • Syed Hossein Nasr: (1933-) Islam and Modern Science. (E-text)
  • Dr. Abdelwahab M. Elmessiri: The West and Islam: Clash points and Dialogues (E-text)
  • Professor Yahya Michot
  • Professor Ibrahim Kalin
  • Professor M. Basil Altaie (website)
  • Professor Mashhad Al-Allaf (website)

Featured articles:

• Michot, Y. “A Mamluk Theologian’s Commentary on Avicenna’s Risla Adhawiyya: Being a Translation of a Part of the Dar' al-ta'rud of Ibn Taymiyya with Introduction, Annotation, and Appendices” Part I,  Journal of Islamic Studies, 2003 14:2 pp.149-203 and Part II , Journal of Islamic Studies, 2003 14:3 pp. 309-363 (PDF).

• Michot, Y. "Le Riz Trop Cuit Du Kirmânî: Présentation, Éditon Traduction et Lexique de L'épître d'Avicenne Contestant L'accusation d'avoir Pastiché Le Coran", in F. Dalemans, et. al. Mélanges Offerts À Hossam Elkhadem par ses Amis et ses Éléves, Bruxelles, 2007. pp. 81-129. (PDF)
• Michot, Y. "Al-Nukat wa-l-faw`id: An Important Summa of Avicenian Falsafa", in Peter Adamson, ed., Classical Arabic Philosophy: Sources and Reception, Warburg Institue, London 2007, pp. 90-123. (pdf)
• Taylor, Richard C. "The Agent Intellect as 'form for us' and Averroes's Critique of al-Fârâbî" Topicos (Universidad Panamericana, Mexico City) 29 (2005) 29-51. Reprint in Proceedings of the Society for Medieval Logic and Metaphysics 5 (2005)18-32 (pdf)
• Daqiq al-Kalam: Islamic Approach to Natural Philosophy, M. B. Altaie. PDF
• “Three Views of Science in the Islamic World”, God, Life and the Cosmos: Christian and Islamic Perspectives, eds. Ted Peters, Muzaffar Iqbal, Syed Nomanul Haq, (Ashgate, 2002), pp. 43-75.
• “The Sacred versus the Secular: Nasr on Science”, Library of Living Philosophers: Seyyed Hossein Nasr, ed. L. E. Hahn, R. E. Auxier and L. W. Stone (Chicago: Open Court Press, 2001), pp. 445-462.
• A comment of Abul Hassan Al-Âsh'ari’s argument proving that existentia is essentia. (in arabic) word. Khayrallah, Lotfi.
• Islamic Political Philosophy Book (Arabic Text): Tuhafat al-turk fima yajb an ya'mal fil muluk. (ed. Abdel Karim M. al-Hamdawy. (zipped word file) 2 Megs of 11. megs book.
• Averroes' Critique of Kalam Atomism by M. Altaie (Arabic PDF E-text) Arabic Word. (note there is an abstract in English on page 2).
• Reason, Physicalism, and Faith By. Prof. Crow.  E-text English in word format.
• On the expansion of the universe: Ghazali versus Ibn Rushd. by M. Altaie (Arabic PDF E-text - 328K)  New Article. Also in Arabic word format.  
• The degeneration of the Sun: Galen versus Ghazali with the defense of Ibn Rushd. by M. Altaie (Arabic E-text - 328K)  New Article. Also in Arabic word format.  
• The explanation of the refutations of al-Ghazali against the first proof of the philosophers which confirms the eternity of the world. (in arabic) word. Khayrallah, Lotfi.
• Islamic Philosophical Arguments for the Existence of God. M. Fahkry. (E-text)
• Al-Ghazali's Crisis: a Re-evaluation of writings on his crisis. M. Hozien. (E-text) 
• Primer on Islam and the Problems of Causation, Induction and Skepticism.  M. Aftab. (E-text) 
• The Scientific value of dakik al-Kalam. M. Altaie (E-text- pdf only-783Kb)
• Rationality in Islamic Philosophy. M. Fahkry. (E-text- pdf) 
• Philosophical Terminology in Arabic and Persian. S. Afnan (E-text- pdf) 
• From the Net:
  • Subject-Object Relation in Mullâ Sadrâ’s Theory of Knowledge. A. Mesbah (Link)
  • Avicennisme et averroïsme dans la poétique et la rhétorique islamiques médiévales: La tradition persane. G. Lelli (French - Link)
  • The Neoplatonist Roots of Sufi Philosophy. K. Godelek
  • Casuality and Islamic Thought by A. Smirnov (e-text) also in Russian (link).
  • Truth and Islamic Thought by A. Smirnov (e-text) also in Russian (link).
  • Ontological Argument revisited by Ü. Dericioglu (e-text). 
  Lost on the Net:
  • Al-Ghazali Causality & Knowledge. By P. Adamson. (E-text or word: 73Kb) Soon to be replaced by a new article Inshallah! right Peter!
  •  Knowledge and Immortality in Spinoza and Mulla Sadra. By: C. Wilson. (E-text or word: 54Kb)
  • The Uncanonical Dante: The Divine Comedy And Islamic Philosophy. P. Cantor. (E-text or word: 67Kb)
  • God Physics: From Hawkings to Avicenna. By: W. Carroll (e-text only in word: 82Kb)

Book Reviews:

• Michel Chodkiewicz, An Ocean without Shore: Ibn Arabi, the Book and the Law. Trans. David Streight. Cambridge: Islamic Texts Society, 1993. 184 pp. Reviewed by M. Rustom. PDF.
• Paul Walker. Hamid al-Din al-Kirmani : Ismaili Thought in the Age of al-Hakim. I.B. Tauris in association with The Institute of Ismaili Studies. London, 1999. Hbk, xi-xiv + 168 pp. Reviewed by M. Rustom. PDF.

Courses:

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• Prof. Mashhad Al-Allaf (Course work)
• Prof. Ibrahim Kalin's Islamic Philosophy and Theology: An introduction to key issues and figures.
• Prof. Taylor's course work: (link)
  • Averroes Seminar (Spring 2007):(link)
  • Medieval Islamic Philosophy (Fall 2005) (link)
• Graduate Seminar on Arabic Philosophy. University of London. Prof. P. Adamson.
• McGill University's Islamic Philosophy and thought. (link)
• If your course is not listed here let us know. (contact us)

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• Toronto Arabic Philosophy Reading Circle. (click here)

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