A Philosophical Enquiry into the Nature of Suhrawardi's Illuminationism - Light in the Cave (Hardcover)

Tianyi Zhang offers in this study an innovative philosophical reconstruction of Shihab al-Din al-Suhrawardi's (d. 1191) Illuminationism. Commonly portrayed as either a theosophist or an Avicennian in disguise, Suhrawardi appears here as an original and hardheaded philosopher who adopts mysticism as a tool for philosophical investigation. Zhang makes use of Plato's cave allegory to explain Suhrawardi's Illuminationist project. Focusing on three areas-the theory of presential knowledge, the ontological discussion of mental considerations, and Light Metaphysics-Zhang convincingly reveals the Nominalist and Existential nature of Illuminationism and thereby proposes a new way of understanding how Suhrawardi's central philosophical ideas cohere.

General

Imprint:	Brill
Country of origin:	Netherlands
Series:	Investigating Medieval Philosophy, 17
Release date:	December 2022
First published:	2023
Authors:	Tianyi Zhang
Dimensions:	235 x 155mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	240
ISBN-13:	978-90-04-52371-5
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Non-Western philosophy > Islamic & Arabic philosophy Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Western philosophy, c 500 to c 1600 > General Books > Philosophy > Non-Western philosophy > Islamic & Arabic philosophy Books > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Western philosophy, c 500 to c 1600 > General
LSN:	90-04-52371-5
Barcode:	9789004523715

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