Knowledge triumphant : the concept of knowledge in medieval Islam / by Franz Rosenthal ; with an introduction by Dimitri Gutas.

By:

Rosenthal, Franz, 1914-2003

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Brill classics in Islam ; v. 2.Publication details: Boston ; Leiden : Brill, 2007.Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 355 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9789047410959
9047410955
1281400572
9781281400574
9786611400576
6611400575

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Knowledge triumphant.DDC classification:

001.0917/67 22

LOC classification:

B745.K53 R67 2007eb

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Contents:

FOREWORD; INTRODUCTION -- Dimitri Gutas; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE THE KNOWLEDGE BEFORE KNOWLEDGE; CHAPTER TWO THE REVELATION OF KNOWLEDGE; CHAPTER THREE THE PLURAL OF KNOWLEDGE; CHAPTER FOUR DEFINITIONS OF KNOWLEDGE; CHAPTER FIVE KNOWLEDGE IS ISLAM (Theology and Religious Science); CHAPTER SIX KNOWLEDGE IS LIGHT (Sûfism); CHAPTER SEVEN KNOWLEDGE IS THOUGHT (Philosophy); CHAPTER EIGHT KNOWLEDGE IS SOCIETY (Education); CONCLUDING REMARK; INDEX.

Summary: Knowledge ('ilm) is one of those concepts that have dominated Islam and given Muslim civilization its distinctive shape and complexion. This book states that there is no branch of Muslim intellectual and daily life that remained untouched by the all-pervasive attitude towards 'knowledge' as something of supreme value for Muslim being.

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Previously published: 1970. With new introduction

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Knowledge ('ilm) is one of those concepts that have dominated Islam and given Muslim civilization its distinctive shape and complexion. This book states that there is no branch of Muslim intellectual and daily life that remained untouched by the all-pervasive attitude towards 'knowledge' as something of supreme value for Muslim being.

English.

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