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Book Sufism and Taoism

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  • Author : Toshihiko Izutsu
  • Publisher : Univ of California Press
  • Release : 2016-07-15
  • ISBN : 0520292472
  • Pages : 502 pages

Download or read book Sufism and Taoism written by Toshihiko Izutsu and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2016-07-15 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this deeply learned work, Toshihiko Izutsu compares the metaphysical and mystical thought-systems of Sufism and Taoism and discovers that, although historically unrelated, the two share features and patterns which prove fruitful for a transhistorical dialogue. His original and suggestive approach opens new doors in the study of comparative philosophy and mysticism. Izutsu begins with Ibn 'Arabi, analyzing and isolating the major ontological concepts of this most challenging of Islamic thinkers. Then, in the second part of the book, Izutsu turns his attention to an analysis of parallel concepts of two great Taoist thinkers, Lao-tzu and Chuang-tzu. Only after laying bare the fundamental structure of each world view does Izutsu embark, in the final section of the book, upon a comparative analysis. Only thus, he argues, can he be sure to avoid easy and superficial comparisons. Izutsu maintains that both the Sufi and Taoist world views are based on two pivots—the Absolute Man and the Perfect Man—with a whole system of oncological thought being developed between these two pivots. Izutsu discusses similarities in these ontological systems and advances the hypothesis that certain patterns of mystical and metaphysical thought may be shared even by systems with no apparent historical connection. This second edition of Sufism and Taoism is the first published in the United States. The original edition, published in English and in Japan, was prized by the few English-speaking scholars who knew of it as a model in the field of comparative philosophy. Making available in English much new material on both sides of its comparison, Sufism and Taoism richly fulfills Izutsu's motivating desire "to open a new vista in the domain of comparative philosophy."

Book Knowledge and the Sacred

Download or read book Knowledge and the Sacred written by Seyyed Hossein Nasr and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 1989-01-01 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nasr (Islamic studies, George Washington U.), in a series of ten lectures, argues that, unlike in the West, where scientific thought has been secularized, in the East, knowledge and religious experience have remained unified. Drawing from Buddhist, Hindu, Judaic, Christian, and Islamic traditions, he finds in each the idea of perennial wisdom as a philosophical basis for such unity. Paperback edition ($10.95) not seen. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Book Allah Transcendent

Download or read book Allah Transcendent written by Ian Richard Netton and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-01-11 with total page 395 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the role of God in medieval Islamic philosophy and theology in a new and exciting way. Renouncing the traditional chronological method of considering Islamic philosophy, Netton uses modern literary modes of criticism derived from structuralism, post-structuralism and semiotics.

Book Bibliography of Islamic Philosophy

Download or read book Bibliography of Islamic Philosophy written by Hans Daiber and published by BRILL. This book was released on 1998-12-31 with total page 1044 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Yunus Emre

Download or read book Yunus Emre written by zekeriya Baskel and published by Blue Dome Press. This book was released on 2013-02-27 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the most famous poets in the history of Turkish literature, Yunus Emre (d. 1320) is well-known as a Sufi saint-poet who has exerted a great influence in both the East and the West. This book is an analysis on Emre's ardent, deceptively simple, yet powerful expressions of love, the musicality of the verse, and the daring and sometimes even daunting imagery. UNESCO celebrated 1991 as the year of Yunus Emre.

Book The Messiah of Shiraz

Download or read book The Messiah of Shiraz written by Denis MacEoin and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2009 with total page 781 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based throughout on original Persian and Arabic sources, most in manuscript, this is an exhaustive overview of Babi history and doctrine. Alongside Amanat's "Resurrection and Renewal," this distillation of a lifetime's work on the movement brings Babi studies into the twentieth century.

Book Arabic Materials in English Translation

Download or read book Arabic Materials in English Translation written by Margaret Anderson and published by Hall Reference Books. This book was released on 1980 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This bibliography, of over 1600 items, represents for the most part English language translations of original Arabic works. A few of the transaltions listed here, most notably of those of writings by Hippocrates, Aristotle, and Galen, are not originally Arabic, but are translations made of Arabic editions....The aim of the compilaiton is two-fold: first, to provide both students and the general public with an interest in the Arab world (but with little or no facility in the Arabic language), as full a listing of translated Arabic materials as possible; and also to provide for those doing research in such fields as history and history of science, political science, comparative religion, comparative literature, and law, and touching on the Arab world only occasionally, with a partial substitute for the original materials whose language they have had no previous need to master.

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  • Release : 1976
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 476 pages

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Book Sufism

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  • Author : Lloyd V. J. Ridgeon
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2008
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 384 pages

Download or read book Sufism written by Lloyd V. J. Ridgeon and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent years, interest in Sufism - often regarded as the mystical dimension of Islam - has blossomed. Taught in European and American universities for many years, Sufism is an increasingly popular area of research in disciplines such as Islamic Studies, comparative religion, area studies, anthropology, history, and politics. In this new Routledge Major Work, the editor, a leading scholar in the field, has gathered in four volumes the canonical and the very best cutting-edge literature on Sufism to create an indispensable reference resource. The collection focuses on: origins and development; hermeneutics and doctrines; ritual, authority, and word; and modern Sufism.

Book National Union Catalog

Download or read book National Union Catalog written by and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 622 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes entries for maps and atlases.

Book Moorish Culture in Spain

Download or read book Moorish Culture in Spain written by Titus Burckhardt and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Catalog of the Oriental Institute Library  University of Chicago

Download or read book Catalog of the Oriental Institute Library University of Chicago written by University of Chicago. Oriental Institute. Library and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 858 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Bibliographic Series

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  • Author : Bibliographic series (Jāmi'at al-Kuwayt. Murāqabat al-Maktabāt)
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  • Release : 1970
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 192 pages

Download or read book Bibliographic Series written by Bibliographic series (Jāmi'at al-Kuwayt. Murāqabat al-Maktabāt) and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The New Encyclopaedia Britannica

Download or read book The New Encyclopaedia Britannica written by and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 1002 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: