Opposition to philosophy in Safavid Iran : Mulla Muḥammad-Ṭāhir Qummī's Ḥikmat al-ʻārifin /

Opposition to philosophy in Safavid Iran : Mulla Muḥammad-Ṭāhir Qummī's Ḥikmat al-ʻārifin /

In Opposition to Philosophy in Safavid Iran , Ata Anzali and S. M. Hadi Gerami offer a critical edition of a hitherto unpublished manuscript that is arguably the most erudite and extensive polemical work against philosophy and philosophical mysticism from the Safavid period. The introduction offers...

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Main Author: Qummī, Muḥammad Ṭāhir, -1686 or 1687.

Other Authors: Anzali, Ata., Hadi Gerami, S. M.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Boston ; Leiden : Brill, [2017]

Series: Islamicate Intellectual History 03.
Middle East and Islamic Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2018, ISBN: 9789004353343.

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Qummī, Muḥammad Ṭāhir, > -1686 or 1687. > Ḥikmat al-ʻārifin.
Islamic philosophy > Iran > Early works to 1800.
God (Islam) > Attributes > Early works to 1800.
Iran > History > Ṣafavid dynasty, 1501-1736 > Sources.

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Call Number: B743.I7 Q66 2017

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Summary:In Opposition to Philosophy in Safavid Iran , Ata Anzali and S. M. Hadi Gerami offer a critical edition of a hitherto unpublished manuscript that is arguably the most erudite and extensive polemical work against philosophy and philosophical mysticism from the Safavid period. The introduction offers an extensive and in-depth analysis of the status of philosophy in the late Safavid period, placing Mulla Muhammad-Tahir Qummi's (d. 1689) work in the broader context of the relevant cultural and intellectual developments of his time. The content of Hikmat al-'arifin itself is divided between a refutation of many traditional philosophical arguments about the nature of God and His attributes and, more importantly for those interested in Safavid intellectual history, attacks on Mulla Sadra and his students for synthesizing fundamental elements Ibn 'Arabi's thought into the framework of traditional philosophical discourse.
Item Description:Editors' introduction -- Philosophy and philosophers: hapless victims or elite contenders? -- Muḥammad-Ṭāhir Qummī -- Ḥikmat al-ʻārifin -- The critical edition -- Bibliography (sources used in the introduction) -- Critical edition of Ḥikmat al-ʻārifin.
Physical Description:1 online resource (ix, 458 pages) : illustrations.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9789004345683
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