Lloyd Ridgeon

Aziz Nasafi

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Shows Nasafi and his legacy in a new light. Nasafi's works are of particular interest because they contain valuable descriptions of the different Islamic world views of the age. Includes substantial extracts to help illuminate this perceptive study of a neglected figure in the pantheon of Sufi thinkers.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 250
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Januar 1998
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 223mm x 153mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 417g
• ISBN-13: 9780700710133
• ISBN-10: 0700710132
• Artikelnr.: 21164682

Autorenporträt

Lloyd Ridgeon

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1 Life, Times and Works of 'Aziz Nasafi
I. The Life and Times of 'Aziz Nasafi
II. Nasafi's Works
I. 'Aziz Nasafi's Six Ontological Faces
2 Ontology
II. Nasafi and Imagination
III. Nasafi and Neoplatonic Ontology
I. Attaining Knowledge
3 Epistemology
Epistemological Thought
III. Mystical Knowledge
II. The Sufi Path
II. The Superiority of Friendship Over Prophecy
I. The Spiritual Ascent
IV. The Friends as Heirs of the Prophets
5 Visionary Experience and Unity with God
IL The Vision of God
III. The Superiority of Prophecy Over Friendship
III. Spiritual Perfection and Creation
I. Felicity, the Goal of Sufism
6 The Perfection of Man
IL The Convergence of Hellenistic and Islamic
I. Types of Vision and Mystical Experience
V. Perfection and its Political Significance
4 The Sufi Journey
Conclusion
Appendix
Bibliography
Koranic and Hadith Index
Subject Index.