The Wisdom of the Mystic East: Suhrawardi and Platonic Orientalism by John Walbridge

The Wisdom of the Mystic East: Suhrawardi and Platonic Orientalism

Suny Islam

John Walbridge

184 pages missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction philosophy medium-paced

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Twelfth-century Islamic philosopher Suhrawardi attempted to revive Platonism in an era of Avicennan Aristotelianism. Modern scholars have portrayed Suhrawardi as wishing to revive an "oriental" wisdom and associate him with ancient Persia. In this...

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