The Science of Mystic Lights: Qutb Al-Din Shirazi and the Illuminationist Tradition of Islamic Philosophy

by John Walbridge

In the late 12th century the mystical philosopher Suhrawardi developed a metaphysics based on metaphysical light that combined the Islamic Neoplatonism of Avicenna with ideas and symbols drawn from Islamic mysticism, classical Platonism and Iranian mythology. This book analyzes how Qutb al-Din Shirazi, an Iranian scientist and philosopher of the 13th century and a leading exponent of Suhrawardi's thought, understood Suhrawardi's metaphysics of light...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0932885063
• ISBN13: 9780932885067
• Release Date: May 1992
• Publisher: Harvard Center for Population and Development
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.3"