Universal Science : An Introduction to Islamic Metaphysics.

Universal Science : An Introduction to Islamic Metaphysics.

The Universal Science ( ʿIlm-i kullī ) by Mahdī Ḥāʾirī Yazdī , is a concise, but authoritative, outline of the fundamental discussions in Islamic metaphysics. For many years used as a textbook in Iran, this short text offers English readers a readily accessible, lucid, and yet deeply learned, guide...

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Main Author: Yazdī, Mahdī Ḥāʼirī.

Other Authors: Ahmad, Saiyad Nizamuddin.

Format: eBook

Language: English
Persian

Published: [S.l.] : Brill Academic Publishers : Brill, 2017.

Series: The Modern Shīʿah Library 2.
Middle East and Islamic Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2017, ISBN: 9789004325999.

Subjects:

Islamic philosophy.
Metaphysics.

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Call Number: B741 .H24813 2017

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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • Editor's Introduction /
  • Saiyad Nizamuddin Ahmad
  • Introduction
  • Existence (wujūd)-Being (hastī)
  • Mental Existence
  • Further Issues Relating to Existence
  • Contingency (imkān)
  • Priority and Posteriority
  • Unity, Multiplicity, and Predication
  • Quiddity
  • Potentiality (quwwah) and Actuality (fiʿl)
  • Cause (ʿillat) and Effect (maʿlūl)
  • Appendix
  • Bibliography
  • Index.