Philosophy in the Islamic World - Peter Adamson Taschenbuch

Dieses Buch ist eine fantastische und umfassende Einführung in die Philosophie der islamischen Welt, die ich mit großem Interesse gelesen habe. Peter Adamson präsentiert die Geschichte der Philosophie sehr zugänglich und faszinierend.

1. You get to know the famous philosophers of the formative period - Al-Kindi, Al-Farabi, Avicenna,..2. There is a big section about philosophy in Anadalusia with Averroes, Ibn Tufayl among others - even Ibn Arabi is presented. The author calls his work "philosophical sufism".3. Very, very important: It is clearly stated and shown and explained that the time after the formative period was not a time of decline: page 293: "Rather than offering an explanation of this decline, I am going to tell you that there is no decline to explain,..." This section is great: it is very interesting to get to know the philosophers of this period - by the way including Ibn Taymiyya4. You get to know the essence and existence of Hiawatha the giraffe