Suhrawardi and the School of Illumination

by Mehdi Amin Razavi and Mehdi Amin Razavi Aminrazavi

Book Overview

Shihab al-Din Yahya Suhrawardi, also known as Shaikh al-ishraq or the Master of Illumination, lived in the sixth century AH / twelfth century CE.
His thoughts form a consistent and coherent philosophical system, and a close study of his writings in Persian reveals a theory of knowledge generally called 'Knowledge by Presence'. The elaborate web of myth and symbolism in Suhrawardi's philosophy articulates his theory of knowledge, an important subject...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0700704124
• ISBN13: 9780700704125
• Release Date: December 1996
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 202 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 7.8"