Philosophy

B?qir?-Khurramdshat?, N?h?d(Bibliographer)

217. A Bibliography of Mull? ?adr?,  Edition 1, Tehran, Sadra Islamic Philosophy Institute and National Library, pp. 506, Farsi.

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ID: B15975

Persian Title: Kit?bshin?s?-yi J?mi`-i Mull? ?adr? 

Abstract

This bibliography introduces the works of Mull? ?adr?. Ch. 1 is concerned with the relevant manuscripts, and Ch. 2 deals with printed books. The works mentioned in Ch. 1 are classified into six categories: 1) literature, 2) tafsir (commentary), 3) hadith (tradition), 4) mystism and ethics, 5) philosophy, kal?m (theology) and logic, and 6)other topics. the bibliographic information followes each work. Notable is that references are made to the various copies or texts as located in various libraries. The the bibliographic information is of the old and traditional style. However, the information regarding the printed works are presented in two parts: 1) offset and leaden, and 2) stone printing.
At the end, some important indices are introduced: PhD and MA theses in Iran on Mull? ?adr?, parts of some books dealing with Mull? ?adr?, books on Mull? ?adr?, and some English books on Mull? ?adr?.
Translated by: SHARIFARA, Hoseyn

Bihisht?, MuEammad (1307-1360) 

218. Cognition from the Quran's Viewpoint,  Edition 1, Tehran, Buq`ah, pp. 502, Farsi.

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ISBN: 964-6887-00-7

ID: B15987

Persian Title: Shin?kht az D?dg?h-i Qur'?n 

Abstract

The author discusses cognition and its related issues in a lucid language and through reference to Quranic verses. The book's 13 chapters contain the following topics: Ch. 1) Cognition's Terminology, Ch. 2) desires are motivating and not cognition. The role of cognition is as follows: recognition of instances, correct use of the recognized instances, assistance in developing man's dormant desires, Chp.3) Definition of Cognition, its types, and the ways error enters cognition, Ch.4) intuitive and speculative cognition and the fact that the letter comes from the former, meanings of certain epistemologically relevant terms and a list of cognition's tools, meaning of umm? (unlettered) as an attribute for Prophet Muhammad, Ch.5) discussion of cognition's tools and the role of ears in the gathering of information, reason for Arabic as the language of the Quran, Ch. 6) constructive knowledge is in relation to the heart, the Quran as a book of action, analytical and intuitive cognition, Ch. 7) comparison of the Quranic verses containing the terms qalb (heart) and fu'?d, meaning of sharE al-îadr (expansion of breast), the Quran must be interpreted according to the language and requirements of the times, Ch. 8) reach of cognition and the fact that the difference in attributes goes back to the difference in essences, Ch. 9) meanings of the word '?ya' in the Quran include: sing, historical relics, physical signs for unseen matters, understanding of good and evil as means for divine attainment. The concluding parts of the book include the following subjects: Kashf (vision), Shuh?d (intuition), Ishr?q (illumination), and Ilh?m(inspiration) as sources of cognition in the Qruan; meaning of revelation and its types; characteristics of prophetic revelation; method of cognition; Socratic method; dialectic, its development and criticism of Dialectical Materialism.
Translated by: SAWEDJI, Muhammad

Bihisht?, MuEammad (1307-1360 O) 

219. Cognition from the Viewpoint of Human Nature, Edition 1, Tehran, Buq`ah, pp. 184,  Farsi.

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ISBN: 964-6887-01-5

ID: B15982

Persian Title: Shin?kht az D?dg?h-i Fiïrat 

Abstract

The book is a collection of the author's lessons at the university-student branch of the Islamic Republic Party entitled, epistemology. He discu-sses epistemology and its related issues at a sufficient level and avoids complex philosophical arguments. The author, in eight chapters, discusses one of the ways through which humans establish a link with their surroundings, namely epistemology. At the end of each chapter (except 5 and 6) the author offers questions along with their answers.
Some of the topics discussed in the book include: epistemology as a relationship with the environment, epistemology's intuitiveness, self-knowledge; mentality and actuality, objectivity as the main value of knowledge, difference between reality and actuality, types of knowledge, external observations, internal observations, knowledge acquired through analysis, definition of thought, knowledge prior to experience, intuitive and mystical knowledge, revelation, subject of epistemology, permanent subjects of epistemolo-gy, change and stability of mental images, observation, analysis of the mistakes of the senses in cases such as observing a mirage and others, methods for recognizing the mistakes due to the senses, domain of the empirical method, role of the analytical mind in creating new theories, immateriality of perception, intuitive and specul-ative perception, immediate and acquired know-ledge, a meaning of the empirical method and its principles, limitations of the empirical method, the Quran and observation, empirical principles accepted by the Quran, principles of the dialectical materialism, analysis of contrast and contradiction.
The author believes the most important issue in epistemology is choosing the right method and criteria in order to arrive at objective and realistic views and observations.

Translated by: SAWEDJI, Muhammad

F?r?b?, Ab? Naêr MuEammad (260?-339?) 

220. On the Principles of the Views of the Inhabitants of the Exellent State, Translated by Sajj?d?, Ja`far (Birth1303) ? Marginal Notes & Elucidation Sajj?d?, Ja`far,  Edition 1, Tehran, S?zm?n-i Ch?p wa Intish?r?t-i Wiz?rat-i Irsh?d, pp. 311, Farsi & Arabic.

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ISBN: 964-422-193-1

Dewey: 189/1

ID: B16384

Persian Title: And?shi-h?yi Ahl-i Mad?ni-yi F?»ilah 

Abstract

The book is a philosophical discussion of existence, beings, and the characteristics of the Virtuous City. It has an introduction and 37 chapters. In the introduction, the translator discusses Alfarabius's life, works, and philoso-phical thought, and makes brief allusions to Alfarabius's views on the relationship between man and the universe, practical philosophy from Plato, Aristotle, and Alfarabius's points of view, and matters relating to ethics. The text of the book, first discusses such matters as the prime being, positive and negative attributes, mode of the emanation of being from the prime being, states of beings, attributes worthy of divine essence, emanation of multiplicity from unity, revelation and angels, and finally, the differences and commonalities among beings.

Beginning with Ch. 26, or in effect the book's second part, Alfrabius embarks on a depiction of the virtuous society and a comparison between the states and affairs of the world with parts of human body. Thus, he attempts to elaborate on the fundamentals of social politics, which is a part of practical philosophy. At the end, the author also alludes to such matters as prosperity, villainy, justice, and the ideas of Virtuous City.

Translated by: SAWEDJI, Muhammad

Ibr?h?m?-D?n?n?, Ghul?m-Œusayn

221. The Adventure of Philosophical Thought in the Muslim World, 3 vols./ vol. 3, Edition  1, Tehran, £arE-i Naw, pp. 478, Farsi.

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ISBN: 964-7134-09-6(I???)

Dewey: 189/1

ID: S15639

Persian Title: M?jar?-yi Fikr-i Falsaf? dar Jah?n-i Isl?m 

Abstract

This is vol. 3 of a collection of essays by the author, some of which were previously published. It contains seventeen essays, most of which mainly revolvr around the following topics: The history of Islamic philosophy, In defense of the Islamic philosophy, and Criticism of some of the isms in Islamic philosophy, reflecting the author's preoccupations in the recent years.

There are six appendices at the end: Names, Books and Theses, Parties and Religions, and some other topics.
Translated by: SHARIFARA, Hoseyn

Kad?war, MuEsin; N?r?, MuEammad (Biblio-grapher)

222. A Bibliography of Rational Sciences (vol.1): Rational Sciences Sources in Print from Beginning to 1996, 3 vols./ vol. 1, Edition 1, Tehran, R?zn?mi-yi Iïïil?`?t, pp. 1210, Farsi.

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ISBN: 964-423-420-0

Dewey: 016/29748 [297/48016]

ID: B16027

Persian Title: Ma'khadh-Shin?s?-yi `Ul?m-i `Aql?: Man?bi`-i Ch?p?-yi `Ul?m-i `Aql? az Ibtid? t? 1375 

Abstract

The index is a collection of information relating to rational sciences, and presents a bibliography of them from the advent of printing up to 1996, in 3 volumes.
The authors present their objectives as being to prevent parallel and repetitious studies, cut down on the time and expense of research projects, present a report card of the Muslim rational sciences, and provide information on the work of non-Muslim philosophers on Iran and the rest of the world.

The volumes cover Persian and Arabic sources and those translated from or into these two languages.
The index contains innovations such as the orderly presentation of all the data relating to a single work or author in one place. All of the sources including books, theses, and articles are alphabetized based on authors' names and are accompanied by standard marks.
The volumes cover all the old and new rational sciences and thus, exclude subjects relating to the empirical and naql? (traditional) sciences.
Volumes 1 and 2 (From ƒ-Y?') include informa-tion on the sources, and volume 3 is an index of documents, proper names, titles, and subjects.
Translated by: SAWEDJI, Muhammad

Nam?z?-Sh?hr?d?, `Al? (1293-1363) 

223. The History of Philosophy and Sufism,  Edited by Biy?b?n?-Usk?y?, MuEammad (1293-1363) , Edition 1, Tehr?n, Mu'assisi-yi Farhang?, pp. 328, Farsi.

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ISBN: 964-6643-21-3

Dewey: 297/86

ID: B16047

Persian Title: T?r?kh-i Falsafih wa Taêawwuf 

Abstract

The book's contents are presented in the form of an imaginary conversation, involving a few Muslims and a Sufi, in which mysticism, Sufism, philosophy, and their practitioners are condemned. The author provides the following description of his book: It exposes Sufis' untold secrets and corrupt opinions, and lays bare the fact that the sayings of the claimers of vision and intuition and the philosophers leads to the same conclusion, and that they have adopted their opinions from the people who lived before Jesus and have no relations to any shar?`as and falsely ascribe themselves to shar?a`, while all the divine laws and sciences are in contradiction to their ways, and the Quran, the Ead?ths (tradition), the prayers, and reason and human nature attest to their falsehood.
Translated by: SAWEDJI, Muhammad

?adr al-D?n Sh?r?z?, MuEammad b. Ibr?h?m (979-1050?) 

224. The Book of Expurgation on the Science of Logic, Edited by Ghul?m-Ri»?, Y?s?-P?r,  Edition 1, Tehran, Sadra Islamic Philosophy Institute, pp. 8 - ??ECI ? ?OE - 60,  Farsi & Arabic.

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ISBN: 964-92244-1-6

ID: B16063

Persian Title: Al-Tanqih fi Al-Mantiq 

Abstract

The book is devoted to the most important topics of formal logic. The introduction is written by AEad Far?marz Qar?malik? and contains six chapters, with the following topics: Muslim Scholars' Methods of logic-writing, the structure of al-Tanq?E, analysis of Mull? ?adr?'s views on logic, compositional characteristics of al-Tanq?E, introduction of manuscripts, method of edition.
The text of the book is corrected and edited by Ghul?m-Ri»? Y?s?p?r based on four manuscripts belonging to the libraries of the Islamic Consultative Assembly and the Tehran University's School of Theology. The work has been previously published twice. Once by `Abd al-MuEsin Mishk?t al-D?n? under the title, al-Lama`?t al-Mashriqiyyah f? al-Fun?n al-Manïiq?yyah, in the New Logic collection. And a second time by Œ?mid N?j? Iêfah?n? under the title, al-Tanq?E, in the collection of Philosophical Treatises. The editor has benefited from both works.
Qar?malik?, in his introduction, alludes to the ascription of the work to Mull? ?adr? and considers its style to be in line with ?adr?'s other works.
The text of the work consists of nine parts [`ishr?qs (illuminations)]. They begin with '•s?gh?j? (the five universals) and Definition, and proceed to B?r? Arm?n?s (proposition), Modalities of Propositions, Sylloginsm, Types of Reasoning, Demonstration, and Fallacy.

Translated by: SAWEDJI, Muhammad

Sh?rw?n?, `Al? (1343-  )

225. The Generalities of Philosophy,  Edition 2, Qum, D?r al-Thaqalayn, pp. 396, Farsi.

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ISBN: 964-6823 -26- 2

ID: B16985

Persian Title: Kulliyy?t-i Falsafih 

Abstract

The book is mainly devoted to the opinions of Western philosophers regarding the subjects of understanding philosophy and epistemology, although Ch. 3, on general principles or ontology, is more akin to the style of Islamic philosophy. The book's special characteristic is its omission of the discussions on the necessary existent. In the author's opinion, the proof for the necessary existent belongs to the books on theology. The book's 3 parts include, understanding philosophy, epistemology, and ontology. Part 1 discusses the relation between various schools of philosophy and the rise of transcendental theosophy. Part 2, is devoted to epistemology and its roots and obstacles. Part 3, is about the general principles of philosophy.
Translated by: SAVEJI, Muhammad

Suhraward?, YaEy? b. Œabash (549?-587 ?) 

226. Ris?lah-yi Hay?kil al-N?r (A treatise on Light Chapters), Edited by Kar?m?-Zanj?n? Aêl, MuEammad,  Edition C??,  Tehran,  Nuqïih, pp. 208, Arabic & Farsi.

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ISBN: 964-474-015-7

Dewey: 189/1

ID: B16924

Persian Title: Ris?li-yi Hay?kil al-N?r (Matn-i Arab?, Tarjumi-yi Kuhan, SharE-i Farsi az `Ahd ƒl Mu?affar) 

Abstract

The present book is a brief philosophical text which consists of an introduction and seven hay?kals (chapters). The author first discusses body, its features, and its combination of indivisible particles. In the next parts, he deals with the following issues: abstractness of human soul, necessity, possibility, impossibility, eternity of the universe, movement and spirituality of phenomena of the Hereafter. All issues are discussed from the oriental philosophy (illuminism) perspective. On occasion, there is an index of the old Persian translation included.
Translated by: JAFARI, Muhammad-Ali

Y?zbak?, Jam?l MuEammad ??liE

227. The Wrath of the Philosophers: The Transcendental Wrath, Edition 1, Tehran ,  Sadra Islamic Philosophy Institute,  pp.  592, Arabic.

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ISBN: 964-92244-3-2

ID: B16055

Persian Title: Gha»bat al-Fal?sifah aw al-Gha»bat al-Muta`?liyah 

Abstract

The book introduces the life and viewpoints of ?adr al-D?n Shiraz?, known as Mull? ?adr?, in the form of a novel. The subjects are introduced chronologically and based on Mull? ?adr?'s ups and downs in 53 chapters. The writer has written his long and innovative story based on old and new material. The author pays attention to the most delicate historical and personal points in presenting the issues and even to Mull? ?adr?'s thoughts and sometimes highlights small issues. The characteristics of the time of Mull? ?adr?'s life and his meekness are the themes of this story.

Translated by: SHARIFARA, Hoseyn

Zanj?n?, Ab? `Abd All?h (1270-1319) 

228. The Great Iranian Philosopher, ?adr al-D?n al-Sh?r?zi (Mull? ?adr?): His Life and the Principles of His Philosophy,  Edition 2, Tehran, Mu'tamar IEy?' Dhikr? al-F?ls?f ?adr al-D?n al-Sh?r?z?, pp. 72, Arabic.

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ID: B15993

Persian Title: Al-F?ls?f al-•r?n? al-Kab?r, ?adr al-D?n al-Sh?r?z? (Mul? ?adr?): Œay?tuh wa ¥ê?l-u Falsafatih 

Abstract

This is a brief and very useful research on ?adr al-D?n al-Sh?r?z? (Mull? ?adr?) and it is one of the first books written exclusively about him. The author discusses his life, scientific works, era, thoughts prevalent in his time, and the opposition of the ossified to Mull? ?adr?. Other discussions of the book include the sources of Mull? ?adr?’s thoughts, his philosophical methodology, and a review of some of his theories.

Translated by: BIGDELI, Soheyl