Allegory and philosophy in Avicenna (Ibn Sînâ) : with a translation of the Book of the Prophet Muhammad's ascent to heaven / Peter Heath.
Islamic allegory is the product of a cohesive literary tradition to which few contributed as significantly as Ibn Sina (Avicenna), the eleventh-century Muslim philosopher. Peter Heath here offers a detailed examination of Avicenna's contribution, paying special attention to Avicenna's psyc...
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Philadelphia :
University of Pennsylvania Press,
©1992.
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| Series: | Middle Ages series.
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Table of Contents:
- pt. 1. Introduction
- pt. 2. Allegory and philosophy
- pt. 3. The Miʻrâj Nâma
- pt. 4. Interpretation and allegory.