Philosophy in the Islamic World

Part I: The Formative Period; 1 The Straight Path: Philosophy and Islam; 2 All for One: The Mu'tazilites; 3 Founded in Translation: From Greek to Syriac to Arabic; 4 Philosopher of the Arabs: al-Kindi; 5 The Chosen Ones: Philosophy and Judaism; 6 Reasoned Belief: Saadia Gaon; 7 High Five: al-Razi; 8 Aristotelian Society: the Baghdad School; 9 The Second Master: al-Farabi; 10 State of Mind: al-Farabi on Religion and Politics; 11 Eye of the Beholder: Theories of Vision; 12 Strings Attached: Music and Philosophy; 13 Balancing Acts: Arabic Ethical Literature; 14 Undercover Brothers: Philosophy in the Buyid Age; 15 God Willing: the Ash'arites; 16 The Self-Made Man: Avicenna's Life and Works; 17 By the Time I Get to Phoenix: Avicenna on Existence; 18 By All Means Necessary: Avicenna on God; 19 Into Thin Air: Avicenna on the Soul; 20 Special Delivery: al-Ghazali; 21 Miracle Worker: al-Ghazali against the Philosophers; Part II: Andalusia; 22 Philosophy's Reign in Spain: Andalusia; 23 Laying Down the Law: Ibn Hazm and Islamic Legal Theory; 24 Fantasy Island: Ibn Bajja and Ibn Tufayl; 25 Back to Basics: Averroes on Reason and Religion; 26 Single Minded: Averroes on the Intellect; 27 A Matter of Taste: Ibn 'Arabi and Mysticism; 28 Team Spirit: Ibn Khaldun; 29 Matter over Mind: Ibn Gabirol; 30 Choosing My Religion: Judah Hallevi; 31 Born Under a Bad Sign: Freedom and Astrology in Jewish Philosophy; 32 With All Your Heart: Ethics and Judaism; 33 The Great Eagle: Maimonides; 34 He Moves in Mysterious Ways: Maimonides on Eternity; 35 Burnt Offerings: the Maimonides Controversy; 36 Man and Superman: Gersonides and the Jewish Reception of Averroes; 37 Neither the Time nor the Place: Hasdai Crescas; 38 When Bad Things Happen to Good People: Suffering in Jewish Philosophy; 39 Chariot of Fire: Kabbalah; 40 A Matter of Principles: Joseph Albo and Isaac Abravanel; Part III: The Later Traditions; 41 Golden Ages: The Later Traditions; 42 All Things Considered: Abu l-Barakat al-Baghdadi; 43

Peter Adamson took his doctorate from the University of Notre Dame and first worked at King's College London. In 2012 he moved to the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat Munchen, where he is Professor of Late Ancient and Arabic Philosophy. He has published widely in ancient and medieval philosophy, especially on Neoplatonism and on philosophy in the Islamic world.