How Early Muslim Scholars Assimilated Aristotle and Made Iran the intellectual Center of the Islamic World
A Study of Falsafah
This work demonstrates how falsafah (which linguistically refers to a group of commentaries by Muslim scholars) associated with their readings of "The Corpus Aristotelicum" in Iran has been always closely linked with religion. It demonstrates that the blending of the new natural theology with Iranian culture created an intellectual climate that made Iran the center of falsafah in the Medieval world. The author begins this book by exploring the analytical arguments and methodologies presented as the subject of the first-philosophy (metaphysics) in the works of Aristotle (in particular "The Nicomachean Ethics" and "Rhetoric"). Then, he tells the tale of the Muslims' progression as they came to own and expand upon Aristotle's arguments and methodologies as a measure of their own sense of spirituality. Last, Sadri surveys the implications of that sense of spirituality as it is amalgamated within the Iranian culture and today's Islamic Republic of Iran. The author's aim is to present a different perspective of falsafah (as it is received by Muslims and assimilated within Iranian culture), while maintaining a sense that captures the texture of everyday life-experiences in today's Islamic Republic of Iran. This work is thus about (contemporary) Iranian falsafah and how it remains faithful to its tradition (as falsafah has actually been integrated and practiced by Iranian scholars for the last eleven centuries). It is a tradition that has taken on the task of understanding and projecting a sense of order upon the multiplicity of forms, ideas, examples, and images that have passed through Iran from East and West; it is a story that has gathered, sheltered, and introduced a style and order of Islamic (Shi'at) falsafah.
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احسان نراقی: جامعه شناس و نویسنده ۱۳۰۵-۱۳۹۱ | Dec 02 | |
Nasrin Sotoudeh: Prisoner of the day | 46 days on hunger strike | Dec 01 |
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گوهر عشقی: مادر ستار بهشتی | Nov 30 | |
Abdollah Momeni: Prisoner of the day | Activist denied leave and family visits for 1.5 years | Nov 30 |
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Reviews:
by fsadri on Thu Sep 16, 2010 07:55 AM PDT"The interdisciplinary approach allows [the author] to introduce a chronicle of his people that encompasses the dynamic growth of the intellectual and religious thought in the Middle East. A thoughtful study for scholars of comparative religion, Sadri juxtaposes Medieval Islam with Medieval Christianity, showing the philosophical foundations that distinguish these two contemporary religions." - Prof. Linda Deaver, Kaplan University
"Taking as his point of departure the fate of Aristotle's corpus in medieval Christianity and in medieval Islam, Sadri offers a masterful account of how the current status of Western and Iranian identity can be read through the palimpsest of a philosophical/religious recovery of Aristotle's practical philosophy." - Prof. Charles Bambach, University of Texas, Dallas
The tone sounds like
by Cost-of-Progress on Sun Aug 01, 2010 12:03 PM PDTit is praising of Islam? No?..I can't tell...
What is true is the Islam and Arabs in general benefited greatly by their agressions within ancient Persia. Today most of the great Persian intellectuals and scientists such as Abu Ali Sina (Abesina in English) are considered "Islamic Scholars" and not "Persian" or Iranian scholars.. 14 centuries is a long time for assimilation and it has worked well so far.
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What a...
by Rosie. on Sat Jul 31, 2010 09:26 PM PDTfascinating subject. I would love to have that book but it costs a hundred bucks, which I can definitely NOT afford right now. The Mellen website says their books come out in hardback and paperback, but there was no paperback for your book. Will there be?
ps It would be very good if you would include in the blog that you are the author of the book.