The Philosophy of Illumination
A New Critical Edition of the Text of Ḥikmat al-ishrāq
By Suhrawardī
First written 1186
About this book
An Arabic edition with facing English translation of Suhrawardī’s major work, which criticizes the Aristotelian logic and metaphysics of Ibn Sīnā and sets out a philosophy of light, from the Light of Lights down to the darkness of bodies.
The edition
- Title
- The Philosophy of Illumination: A New Critical Edition of the Text of Ḥikmat al-ishrāq
- Translated by
- John Walbridge, Hossein Ziai
- Publisher
- Brigham Young University Press, Provo
- Year
- 2000
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