Research Catalog

Title

A philosophical enquiry into the nature of Suhrawardī's illuminationism : light in the cave / by Tianyi Zhang.

Author

Zhang, Tianyi (Writer on philosophy)

Publication

• Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2023]
• ©2023

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Details

Description

xiii, 216 pages; 25 cm.

Summary

"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"--

Series Statement

Investigating medieval philosophy, 1879-9787 ; volume 17

Uniform Title

• Light in the cave
• Investigating medieval philosophy ; v. 17.

Alternative Title

Light in the cave

Subject

• Suhrawardī, Yaḥyá ibn Ḥabash, 1152 or 1153-1191
• Ishrāqīyah
• Islamic philosophy

Genre/Form

History.

Note

• Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Cambridge, 2019, under the title: Light in the cave : a philosophical enquiry into the nature of Suhrawardī's Illuminationist philosophy.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

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.

Call Number

JFE 24-738

ISBN

• 9789004523715
• 9004523715
• 9789004527744 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

2022045514

OCLC

1352247511

Author

Zhang, Tianyi (Writer on philosophy), author.

Title

A philosophical enquiry into the nature of Suhrawardī's illuminationism : light in the cave / by Tianyi Zhang.

Publisher

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2023]

Copyright Date

©2023

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Investigating medieval philosophy, 1879-9787 ; volume 17

Investigating medieval philosophy ; v. 17.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Research Call Number

JFE 24-738