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Auteur(s) : Zhang, Tian yi
Titre(s) : A philosophical enquiry into the nature of Suhrawardī's illuminationism [Texte imprimé] : light in the cave / by Tianyi Zhang
Publication : Leiden ; Boston (Mass.) : Brill, copyright 2023
Description matérielle : 1 volume (xiii-216 pages) ; 25 cm
Collection : Investigating medieval philosophy, ISSN 1879-9787 ; volume 17
Lien à la collection : Investigating medieval philosophy (Print)
Note(s) : Bibliographie pages [203]-212. Notes bibliographiques. Index
Texte remanié de : PhD thesis : University of Cambridge : 2019. Titre de soutenance
: Light in the cave : a philosophical enquiry into the nature of Suhrawardī's Illuminationist
philosophy
"Tianyi Zhang offers in this study an innovative philosophical reconstruction of Shihāb
al-Dīn al-Suhrawardī's (d. 1191) Illuminationism. Commonly portrayed as either a
theosophist or an Avicennian in disguise, Suhrawardīappears here as an original and
hardheaded philosopher who adopts mysticism only as a tool of philosophical inquiry.
Zhang makes use of Plato's cave allegory to explain Suhrawardī'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 Suhrawardī's central philosophical ideas cohere"
Sujet(s) : Suhrawardī, Yaḥyā ibn Ḥabaš Šihāb al-Dīn al- (1154-1191) -- Critique et interprétation
Philosophie islamique -- 12e siècle
Ishrāq
Indice(s) Dewey :
181.07 (23e éd.) = Philosophie islamique
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9789004523715. - ISBN 9004523715
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb472882289
Notice n° :
FRBNF47288228
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Setting the scene : Justinian's Digest and university-based jurisprudence ; Excavating,
restoring, and redefining jus at the foundations of humanist jurisprudence ; Re-defining
jus to restore justitia : Ulrich Zasius' methods in word and in action ; Breaking
with tradition : jus gentium as a source of universalrights and obligation ; Self-evident
truths and demonstrable facts : power, politics and persuasion ; The tenacity of
violence and the parity of right : Alciati's [re-]interpretation of just, jus gentium
and natural law ; Conclusion : the re-formation of Europe and the turn to jus gentium.