The Cambridge Companion to Arabic Philosophy

Representing one of the great traditions of Western philosophy philosophy written in Arabic and in the Islamic world was inspired by Greek philosophical works and the indigenous ideas of Islamic theology. This collection of essays by some of the leading scholars in Arabic philosophy provides an introduction to the field by way of chapters devoted to individual thinkers (such as al-Farabi Avicenna and Averroes) or groups especially during the ''classical'' period from the ninth to the twelfth centuries.