Anthology of Philosophy in Persia Vol. 4

The fourth volume of the Anthology of Philosophy in Persia deals with one of the richest and yet least known periods of philosophical life in Persia the centuries between the seventh/thirteenth century that saw the eclipse of the school of Khorosan and the tenth/sixteenth century that coincided with the rise of the Safavids. The main schools dealt with in this volume are the Peripatetic (mashsha'i) School the School of Illumination (ishraq) of Suhrawardi and various forms of philosophical Sufism especially the school of Ibn 'Arabi that had its origins in the works of Ghazzali and 'Ayn al-Qudat Hamadani. This period was also notable for the philosopher-scientists such as Nasir al-Din Tusi and Qutb al-Din Shirazi.