1226 Pages
by Routledge

Islamic philosophy has often been treated as mainly of historical interest, belonging to the history of ideas rather than to philosophy. This volume challenges this belief, and provides an indispensable reference tool. It includes: * Detailed discussions of the most important figures from earliest times to the present day * Chapters on key concepts in Islamic philosophy, and on relevant traditions... Read more
Volume 1, Volume 2

Biography

Oliver Leaman, Seyyed Hossein Nasr

'There can be no gainsaying the formidable scholarship contained in these volumes ... It will, I suspect, rightly become the standard work on philosophy in the Muslim world for many years to come'. - The Expository Times