CLASSICAL ISLAMIC PHILOSOPHY (TH 684)

CLASSICAL ISLAMIC PHILOSOPHY (TH 684) Yahya M. Michot Hartford Seminary, Winter-Spring 2018 This course explores the evolution and main debates of Islamic philosophy (falsafa) from the great translation movement of ancient Greek texts under the Abbâsid dynasty (8th-9th centuries) until the golden age of inter-disciplinary intellectual, scientific and spiritual debates under the Mamlûks of Egypt and the Mongols of Iran (13th-14th centuries). Besides the major falâsifa known to the medieval Latins (al-kindî, al-fârâbî, Avicenna, al-ghazâlî, Averroes ), attention will also be given to several other thinkers, generally less famous in the West, but nevertheless important: the Ikhwân al-ṣafâ, Miskawayh, Ibn Ṭufayl, al-râzî, al-ṭûsî, al-qûnawî A selection of representative texts will be read in English translation and commented on. A basic knowledge of Greek philosophy, Islam and the history of Muslim societies (7th-14th. centuries) would be useful for this course. Class will meet twice a week for 12 weeks: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 4 to 5:45 p.m., beginning Tuesday 23 January 2018. Each of these twelve classes will be divided in two sessions: A) Lecture; B) Discussion of the required readings. The teacher can be contacted at ymichot@hartsem.edu. Office hours TBA. Course Objectives 1) Students should be able to find their way around in the major reference works on classical Islamic philosophy. 2) They are expected to gain an acquaintance with the thought and writings of the most important falâsifa. 3) They should be able to benefit from the methodological approach adopted in these classes and apply them for their own studies and/or research projects. Seminary Learning Outcomes To demonstrate knowledge and skills for dialogical and constructive engagement with diversity (MARS 4). Competence to teach this area in religious communities and academia (PhD 3). Course Requirements 1) It is strongly recommended that the student arrive at the first class already having a general knowledge about the religion of Islam, as well as about the history and geography of Muslim peoples. They should also be able to find their way around in the major reference tools for Islamic Studies (Encyclopaedia of Islam, Index Islamicus ). 2) Attendance in class is required. If you know that you will be unable to attend a class please inform the professor in advance. Missing two classes will result in an automatic lowering of your final grade by 30%. Missing three or more classes will result in automatic failure of the course. 3) For each session A of weeks 2-12, students shall submit a summary of the reading assignments and be ready to speak about them in class. Each student can skip any two weeks during that time for a total of 10 submissions. Here are the guidelines for these summaries: - Approximately 2 pages (3 pages maximum) - One modern study must be used in each summary

4) A final research paper and a viva voce, as described below. 5) PhD students are moreover expected to read two books concerning Falsafa chosen in consultation with the professor from the general references listed in this syllabus and to use them in their final paper. The final grade will be based upon the following: 1) Weekly summaries (20%) and class participation (20%). 2) A final research paper of a least 15 pages* (For PhD students, 25 pages) on an aspect of classical Islamic philosophy (8th 14th c.). The topic should be chosen by the end of class VI in consultation with the Professor. This paper will be due by the end of class XII (35%). 4) On Tuesday May 1, 2018, a final viva voce exam discussing the course, with an emphasis on the final research paper submitted (25%). * All written work is to conform to the seminary writing guidelines, which can be found online at: http://www.hartsem.edu/student/forms/researchpaperguide.pdf. It must use the transliteration system given in class I. It must be run through a grammar and spell-check program or read by the writing tutor if necessary before submission. The Hartford Seminary Grading Guidelines will be the standard of evaluation for work in the course. IMPORTANT: Plagiarism, the failure to give proper credit for the words and ideas of another person, whether published or unpublished, is strictly prohibited. All written material submitted by students must be their own original work; where the words and ideas of others are used they must be acknowledged. Credit will not be given for work containing plagiarism, and plagiarism will lead to failure of a course. Please see the Hartford Seminary Catalogue for the full plagiarism policy. General references ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF ISLAM, INDEX ISLAMICUS ENDRESS, Gerhard, Islam: An Historical Introduction. Translated by Carole HILLENBRAND (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2002 2d ed.), viii & 301 p., ISBN 0-7486- 1620-9. (DS35.6.E5313 2004) DRUART, Thérèse-Anne, Brief Bibliographical Guide in Medieval Islamic Philosophy and Theology (1998-2014). http://philosophy.cua.edu/faculty/druart/bibliographical-guide.cfm. ADAMSON, Peter, Philosophy in the Islamic World (Oxford: Oxford University Press, A History of Philosophy without any Gaps, vol. 3, 2016), xxiii & 511 p., 978-0-19-957749-1. EL-ROUAYHEB, Khaled, & SCHMIDTKE, Sabine (eds), The Oxford Handbook of Islamic Philosophy (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2017), xiii & 700 p., 978-0-19-991738-9. ADAMSON, Peter & TAYLOR, Richard C. (eds), The Cambridge Companion to Arabic Philosophy (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005), xviii & 448 p., 0-521-52069-X. (B741.C36 2005) TAYLOR, Richard C. & LÓPEZ-FARJEAT, Luís Xavier (eds.), The Routledge Companion to Islamic Philosophy (London & New York: Rouledge, 2015), xviii & 433 p., 9780415881609. NASR, Seyyed Hossein & LEAMAN, Oliver (eds), History of Islamic Philosophy, 2 vols. (London - New York: Routledge, 1997), xx & 1211 p., ISBN 0-415-15667-5. (B741.H58 2001) MCGINNIS, J., & REISMAN, D. C., Classical Arabic Philosophy: An Anthology of Sources (Indianapolis: Hackett, 2007). GUTAS, Dimitri, The Study of Arabic Philosophy in the Twentieth Century. An Essay on the Historiography of Arabic Philosophy, in British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies, 29/1, 2002, p. 5-25. STANFORD ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PHILOSOPHY. On: https://plato.stanford.edu/. ISLAMIC PHILOSOPHY ONLINE. On: http://www.muslimphilosophy.com/. Class Schedule Class I. A: Jan. 23. B: Jan. 25. The «House of Wisdom» (bayt al-ḥikma) ROSENTHAL, Franz, The Classical Heritage in Islam. Translated from the German by E. & J. MARMORSTEIN (London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1975), xx & 298 p., ISBN 0-7100-7864-1. (DS36.82.G7 R6713) NASR, S. H. & LEAMAN, O. (eds.), History of Islamic Philosophy, vol. I, Part I/1: Religious, intellectual and cultural context, p. 21-118. WALZER, Richard, Greek into Arabic. Essays on Islamic Philosophy (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1962), 256 p. D ANCONA, Cristina, Greek into Arabic: Neoplatonism in translation, in ADAMSON, P. & TAYLOR R. C. (eds.), The Cambridge Companion to Arabic Philosophy, p. 10-31.

GUTAS, D., Greek Thought, Arabic Culture. The Graeco Arabic Translation movement in Baghdad and Early Abbāsid Society (London - New York: Routledge, 1998). Pages 11-60. Class II. A: Jan. 30. B: Feb. 1. Al-Kindî ADAMSON, Peter, Al-Kindi (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007)., Al-Kindî and the reception of Greek philosophy, in ADAMSON, P. & TAYLOR R. C. (eds.), The Cambridge Companion to Arabic Philosophy, p. 32-51., Abû Ma sar, al-kindî and the Philosophical Defense of Astrology, in Recherches de Théologie et Philosophie Médiévales, 69/2, 2002, p. 245-270. & PORMANN, P. E., The Philosophical Works of al-kindî (Karachi: Oxford University Press, 2012), lxxv & 363 p., 978-0- 19-906280-5. GANNAGÉ, Emma, The Rise of Falsafa: al-kindî (d. 873), On First Philosophy, in EL-ROUAYHEB, Kh., & SCHMIDTKE, S. (eds), The Oxford Handbook of Islamic Philosophy, p. 30-62. PINGREE, David, Abū Ma shar al-balkhī, in Dictionary of Scientific Biography, vol. I (New York: Charles Scribner s Sons, 1970), p. 32-39. LEMAY, R., ABŪ MA SHAR AL-BALKHĪ (ALBUMASAR). Kitāb al-mudkhal al-kabīr ilā ilm aḥkām al-nujūm - Liber introductorii maioris ad scientiam judiciorum astrorum. Éd. critique, 9 vols (Naples: Istituto Universitario Orientale, 1995). IVRY, Alfred L., Al-Kindi s metaphysics. A Translation of Ya qûb ibn Ishâq al-kindî s Treatise ON FIRST PHILOSOPHY (Fî al- Falsafah al-ulâ), with Introduction and Commentary (Albany: State University of New York Press, «Studies in Islamic Philosophy and Science», 1974), x & 207 p., ISBN 0-87395-092-5. Pages 55-114. Class III. A: Feb. 6. B: Feb. 8. Abû Bakr al-râzî, the «Heretic» GOODMAN, Lenn E., Muḥammad ibn Zakariyyâ al-râzî, in NASR, S. H. & LEAMAN, O. (eds.), History of Islamic Philosophy, vol. I, p. 198-215. AL-RÂZÎ, Abû Ḥâtim, The Proofs of Prophecy - A lâm al-nubuwwa. Translation by T. KHALIDI (Provo: Brigham Young University Press, 2011). ADAMSON, Peter, Abû Bakr al-râzî, The Spiritual Medicine, in EL-ROUAYHEB, Kh., & SCHMIDTKE, S. (eds), The Oxford Handbook of Islamic Philosophy, p. 63-82. GOODMAN, L. E., Râzî s Psychology, in Philosophical Forum, 4 (1972), p. 26-48. PORMANN, P. E., Al-Râzî (d. 925) on the Benefits of Sex: A Clinician Caught between Philosophy and Medicine, in Arnoud VROLIJK & Jan P. HOGENDIJK (eds), O ye Gentlemen. Arabic Studies on Science and Literary Culture. In Honour of Remke Kruk (Leiden: Brill, 2007), p. 115-127. Reading Assignments: GOODMAN, LENN E., Râzî vs Râzî Philosophy in the Majlis, in H. LAZARUS-YAFEH (ed.), The Majlis (Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, 1999), p. 84-107. Pages 84-107. AND RÂZÎ, The Spiritual Physick of Rhazes. Translated from the Arabic by Arthur J. ARBERRY (London: John Murray, 1950). Pages 18-49. Class IV. A: Feb. 13. B: Feb. 15. Ikhwân al-ṣafâ : Gnosis and Humanism in the fourth/tenth century DE CALLATAŸ, G., Ikhwân al-ṣafâ. A Brotherhood of Idealists on the Fringe of Orthodox Islam (Oxford: Oneworld, 2005). LANE-POOLE, Stanley, The Brotherhood of Purity, in Studies in a Mosque (London: W. H. Allen & Co., 1883), viii & 288 p., p. 176-207. IKHWĀN AL-ṢAFĀ, Epistles of the Brethren of Purity: The Case of the Animals versus Man before the King of the Jinn. An Arabic Critical Edition and English Translation of Epistle 22. Edited and Translated by L. E. GOODMAN & R. MCGREGOR (Oxford: Oxford University Press - London: The Institute of Islmaili Studies, 2009), xxv & 389 & 280 p. IKHWĀN AL-ṢAFĀ, Sciences of the Soul and Intellect. Part I. An Arabic Critical Edition and English Translation of EPISTLES 32 36. Edited and Translated by Paul E. WALKER; Ismail K. POONAWALA and David SIMONOWITZ; Godefroid DE CALLATAŸ. Foreword by Nader EL-BIZRI (Oxford: Oxford University Press in association with the Institute of Ismaili Studies, 2015), xxiii & 270 & 202 p., 978-0-19-875828-0. IKHWÂN AL-ṢAFÂ, Sciences of the Soul and Intellect, Part III: An Arabic Critical Edition and English Translation of EPISTLES 39 41. Edited and translated by Carmela BAFFIONI; Ismail K. POONAWALA. Foreword by Nader EL-BIZRI (Oxford

University Press, in association with The Institute of Ismaili Studies, 2017), xxiii & 378 & 254 p., 978-0-19-879776-0. IKHWÂN AL-ṢAFÂ, On Companionship and Belief: An Arabic Critical Edition and English Translation of EPISTLES 43 45. Edited and translated by Samer TRABOULSI; Toby MAYER; Ian Richard NETTON. Foreword by Nader EL-BIZRI (Oxford University Press, in association with The Institute of Ismaili Studies, 2016), xxiii & 167 & 149 p., 978-0-19-878467-8. IKHWÂN AL-ṢAFÂ, On Magic I. (Oxford University Press in association with the Institute of Ismaili Studies, 2011). MICHOT, Y., Misled and Misleading Yet Central in their Influence: Ibn Taymiyya s Views on the Ikhwān al-ṣafā, in The Ikhwān al-ṣafā and their Rasā il. An Introduction. Edited by N. El-Bizri. Foreword by F. Daftary (Oxford: Oxford University Press, in association with the Institute of Ismaili Studies, «Epistles of the Brethren of Purity», 2008), p. 139-179. Revised version, with important editorial corrections, on www.muslimphilosophy.com. VAN REIJN, Eric, The Epistles of the Sincere Brethren (Rasâ il Ikhwan al-safa ). An annotated translation of Epistles 43 to 47 (London: Minerva Press, 1995), x & 137 p., ISBN 1-85863-418-0. Pages 50-94. Epistle 46: On faith and the faithful. Class V. A: Feb. 20. B: Feb. 22. Abû Naṣr al-fârâbî s alternative society KRAEMER, Joel L., Humanism in the Renaissance of Islam. The Cultural Revival during the Buyid Age. Followed by: Humanism in the Renaissance of Islam: a Preliminary Study. Second revised edition (Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1992), xxx & 329, 135-164 p., ISBN 90-04-09736-8. MAHDI, Muhsin, Al-Fârâbî: Philosophy of Plato and Aristotle. Translation (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2001). NETTON, Ian R., Al-Fârâbî and His School (London - New York: Routledge, «Arabic thought and Culture», 1992), XIII & 128 p., ISBN 0-415-03595-3. (B745.K53 N48 1992) REISMAN, David, Al-Fârâbî and the philosophical curriculum, in ADAMSON, P. & TAYLOR, R. C. (eds.), The Cambridge Companion to Arabic Philosophy, p. 52-71. BLACK, Deborah L., al-fârâbî, in NASR & S. H., LEAMAN, O. (eds.), History of Islamic Philosophy, vol. I, p. 178-197. FÂRÂBÎ, Abû Naṣr (al-), Al-Fârâbî on the Perfect State, Abû Naṣr al-fârâbî's Mabâdi ârâ ahl al-madînat al-fâḍila. A revised text with introduction, translation, and commentary by Richard WALZER, Postscript by ENDRESS Gerhard (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1985), 571 p., ISBN 0-19-824505-X. Pages 197-259 (Chapters 13-15). Class VI. A: Feb. 27. B: March 1. Ibn Sînâ. I: Milieu, Life, Works MCGINNIS, Jon, Avicenna (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010). GOODMAN, Lenn Evan, Avicenna (London - New York: Routledge, Arabic thought and Culture, 1992), XIII & 240 p., ISBN 0-415-07409-6. (B751.Z7 G66 1992) GUTAS, D., Avicenna and the Aristotelian Tradition. Introduction to Reading Avicenna s Philosophical Works. Second, Revised and Enlarged Edition, Including an Inventory of Avicenna s Authentic Works (Leiden - Boston: Brill, 2014), xxxi & 617 p., 978-9004-20172-9., Avicenna s madhhab. With an Appendix on the Question of his Date of Birth, in Atti del XIII Congresso dell Union Européenne d Arabisants et d Islamisants (Venezia 29 settembre - 4 ottobre 1986), Quaderni di Studi Arabi 5-6 (Venise: Armena, 1987-1988), p. 323-336., Biography, in Encyclopædia Iranica, t. III, art. Avicenna, p. 67-70. MARMURA, M., Plotting the Course of Avicenna s Thought, in Journal of the American Oriental Society, 111 (Ann Arbor, 1991), p. 333-342. MICHOT, Y., IBN SÎNÂ. Lettre au vizir Abû Sa d. Editio princeps d après le manuscrit de Bursa, traduction de l arabe, introduction, notes et lexique (Paris: Albouraq, «Sagesses Musulmanes, 4», 1421/2000), xii, 130*, 61, 4 & 186 p. ISBN 2-84161-150-7., La réponse d Avicenne à Bahmanyâr et al-kirmânî. Présentation, traduction critique et lexique arabe-français de la Mubâḥatha III, in Le Muséon, CX (Louvain-la-Neuve, 1997), p. 143-221., Al-Fārābī and his influence on the early Avicenna: the evidence from the Kitāb al-mabda wa l-ma ād, in Uluslararası Fārābī Semposyumu Bildirileri, Ankara, 7-8 Ekim 2004 Proceedings of the International Al-Fârâbî Symposium, Ankara, October 7-8, 2004. Edited by F. TERKAN &. KORKUT (Ankara: Elis Yayınları, Elis Yayınları, 30, 2005), p. 327-340. WISNOVSKY, Robert, Avicenna s Islamic Reception, in Peter ADAMSON (ed.), Interpreting Avicenna: Critical Essays (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2013), p. 190-213. GOHLMAN, W. E., The Life of Ibn Sina. A Critical Edition and Annotated Translation, «Studies in Islamic Philosophy and Science», State University of New York Press, Albany, 1974. Pages 16-89.

Class VII. A: March 6. B: March 8. Ibn Sînâ. II: «al-shaykh al-ra îs» AVICENNA, The Metaphysics of The Healing. A Parallel English-Arabic Text by Michael MARMURA (Provo: Brigham Young University, Islamic Translation Series, 2005). MICHOT, Y., AVICENNE. Livre de la Genèse et du Retour. Traduction française intégrale. Version exploratoire (Oxford, Ṣafar 1423 - May 2002). (www.muslimphilosophy.com/sina/works/an195.pdf) NASR, S. H., Ibn Sînâ s Oriental philosophy, in NASR, S. H. & LEAMAN, O. (eds.), History of Islamic Philosophy, vol. I, p. 247-251. GUTAS, Dimitri, Avicenna's Eastern ("Oriental") Philosophy: Nature, Contents, Transmission, in Arabic Sciences and Philosophy, 10 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000), p. 159-180. BELL, Joseph Norment, Avicenna's Treatise on Love and the Non-philosophical Muslim Tradition, in Der Islam, 63/1 (Berlin - New York: Walter de Gruyter, 1986), p. 73-89. Reading Assignments: INATI, Shams, Ibn Sînâ and Mysticism. Remarks and Admonitions: part Four (London & New York: Kegan Paul International, 1996), ISBN 0-7103-0482-X. Pages 69-108. AND CORBIN, Henry, Avicenna and the Visionary Recital, Translated from the French by Willard R. TRASK (Princeton, Princeton University Press, «Bollingen series, LXVI», 1988), xiii & 423 p., ISBN 0-691-01893-6. Pages 137-150: Translation of the Recital of Ḥayy ibn Yaqẓân. Class VIII. A: March 13. B: March 15. Autodestructions (Tahâfut), from Abû Ḥâmid al-ghazâlî to Ibn Rushd GHAZÂLÎ, Abû Ḥâmid (al-), The Incoherence of the Philosophers - Tahâfut al-falâsifa, A parallel English-Arabic text translated, introduced, and annotated by Michael E. MARMURA (Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University Press, «Islamic Translation Series», 2000), xxxi & 261 p., ISBN 0-8425-2466-5. (B753.G33 T3313 1997) GRIFFEL, Frank, Al-Ghazālī s Philosophical Theology (New York: Oxford University Press, 2009). TREIGER, Alexander, Inspired Knowledge in Islamic Thought: Al-Ghazālī s Theory of Mystical Cognition and its Avicennian Foundation (London & New York: Routledge, 2011). TAMER, Georges (ed.), Islam and Rationality. The Impact of al-ghazālī. Papers Collected on His 900th Anniversary, vol. I (Leiden - Boston : Brill, Islamic Philosophy, Theology and Science. Texts and Studies, 94, 2015), xxiii & 454 p., 978-90- 04-29094-5. GRIFFEL, Frank (ed.), Islam and Rationality. The Impact of al-ghazālī. Papers Collected on His 900th Anniversary, vol. II (Leiden - Boston : Brill, Islamic Philosophy, Theology and Science. Texts and Studies, 98, 2015), xx & 364 p., 978-90-04-30695-0. MARMURA, Michael E., al-ghazâlî, in ADAMSON, P. & TAYLOR, R. C. (eds.), The Cambridge Companion to Arabic Philosophy, p. 137-154. JANSSENS, Jules, Al-Gazzâlî and His Use of Avicennian Texts, in Problems in Arabic Philosophy, redigit Mikols MAROTH (Piliscsaba: The Avicenna Institute of Middle Eastern Studies, «Acta et studia, II», 2003), ISBN 963-86359-24, p. 37-49. Averroes-Database. 1. Works: http://dare.uni-koeln.de/?q=node/32 ; 2. Manuscripts and early printed materials: http://dare.unikoeln.de/?q=node/34 ; 3. Secondary literature: http://dare.uni-koeln.de/?q=node/129. CRUZ HERNANDEZ, Miguel : Abū-l-Walīd Ibn Rushd (Averroes). Vida, Obra, Pensamiento, Influencia (Cordoba: Monte de Piedad y Caja de Ahorros, 1986). URVOY, Dominique, Ibn Rushd, in NASR, S. H. & LEAMAN, O. (eds.), History of Islamic Philosophy, vol. I, p. 330-345. GRIFFEL, Frank, The Relationship between Averroes and al-ghazālī as it Presents itself in Averroes Early Writings, Especially in his Commentary on al-ghazālī s al-mustaṣfā, in J. INGLIS (ed.), Medieval Philosophy and the Classical Tradition in Islam, Judaism and Christianity (Richmond, 2002), p. 51-63. DI GIOVANNI, Matteo, The Commentator: Averroes Reading of the Metaphysics, in AMERINI, Fabrizio & GALLUZZO, Gabriele (eds.), A Companion to the Latin Medieval Commentaries on Aristotle s Metaphysics (Leiden: Brill, 2013), p. 59-94. Reading Assignments: MONTGOMERY WATT, W., The faith and practice of al-ghazâlî (London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1952). Pages 19-85: Deliverance from error. OR HOURANI, George F., Averroes on the Harmony of Religion and Philosophy. A translation, with introduction and notes, of Ibn Rushd s Kitâb faṣl al-maqâl, with its appendix (Ḍamîma) and an extract from Kitâb al-kashf an manâhij al-adilla (London: Luzac & Co., «E. J. W. Gibb Memorial Series. New Series, XXI», 1976), [xii] & 128 p., ISBN 0-7189-022-X. Faṣl almaqâl (# 1 to 197)

Class IX. A: March 20. B: March 22. «Oriental Wisdom», from Yaḥyâ l-suhrawardî to Ibn Ṭufayl SUHRAWARDĪ, Shihāb al-dīn Yahyā, The Philosophy of Illumination - Ḥikmat al-ishrāq. A New Critical Edition of the Text of Ḥikmat al-ishrāq with English Translation, Notes, Commentary, and Introduction by John WALBRIDGE & Hossein ZIAI. (Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University Press, Islamic Translation Series, 1999), xliii, 163* & 219p., ISBN 0-8425-2457-6. NASR, S. H., Three Muslim Sages Avicenna - Suhrawardī - Ibn Arabī (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1964). WALBRIDGE, J., Suhrawardî and Illuminationism, in ADAMSON, P. & TAYLOR, R. C. (eds.), The Cambridge Companion to Arabic Philosophy, p. 201-223. ZIAI, Hossein, The Illuminationist Tradition, in NASR, S. H. & LEAMAN, O. (eds.), History of Islamic Philosophy, vol. I, p. 465-499. RAZAVI, Mehdi Amin, Suhrawardī and the School of Illumination (Richmond: Curzon, Curzon Sufi Series, 1997), xxi - 182 p., 0-7007-0412-4. IBN ṬUFAYL, Abū Ja far, Ḥayy Ibn Yaqẓān. A philosophical tale translated with introduction and notes by Lenn Evan GOODMAN (New York: Twayne Publishers, 1972), ix & 246 p. PUIG MONTADA, Josef, Philosophy in Andalusia, Ibn Bâjja and Ibn Ṭufayl, in ADAMSON, P. & TAYLOR, R. C. (eds.), The Cambridge Companion to Arabic Philosophy, p. 155-179. KUKKONEN, Taneli, Ibn Ṭufayl: Living the Life of Reason (London: Oneworld, Makers of the Muslim World, 2014). GOODMAN, Lenn E., Ibn Ṭufayl, in NASR, Seyyed Hossein & LEAMAN, Oliver (eds.), History of Islamic Philosophy, 2 vols. (London - New York: Routledge, 1997), vol. i, p. 313-329. GUTAS, Dimitri, Ibn Tufayl on Ibn Sînâ's Eastern Philosophy, in Oriens 34 (Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1994), p. 222-241. IDRIS, Murad, Ibn Ṭufayl s Critique of Politics, in Journal of Islamic Philosophy, 7 (2011), p. 67-101. IBN ṬUFAYL, Abû Ja far, The History of Ḥayy Ibn Yaqẓân. Translated from the Arabic by Simon Ockley. Revised, with an Introduction by A. S. Fulton (New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, n.d.), 179 p. Pages 105-179. Class X. A: April 3. B: April 5. Philosophizing (tafalsuf) after the Falâsifa GUTAS, D., The Heritage of Avicenna: The Golden Age of Arabic Philosophy, 1000 - ca. 1350, in J. JANSSENS & D. DE SMET (eds), Avicenna and his Heritage. Acts of the International Colloquium, Leuven - Louvain-la-Neuve, Sept. 8-11, 1999 (Louvain: Leuven University Press, «Ancient and Medieval Philosophy. De Wulf-Mansion Centre. Series 1, XXVIII», 2002), p. 81-97. TZVI LANGERMANN (ed.), Y., Avicenna and His Legacy. A Golden Age of Science and Philosophy (Turnhout: Brepols, 2009). SHIHADEH, A., From al-ghazâlî to al-râzî: 6th/12th Century Developments in Muslim Philosophical Theology, in Arabic Sciences and Philosophy, 15 (Cambridge, 2005), p. 141-179. MICHOT, Y., La pandémie avicennienne au VIe/XIIe siècle. Présentation, editio princeps et traduction de l introduction du Livre de l advenue du monde (Kitâb ḥudûth al- âlam) d Ibn Ghaylân al-balkhî, in Arabica, XL/3 (Paris, Nov. 1993), p. 287-344., Al-Nukat wa-l-fawâ id: An Important Summa of Avicennian Falsafa, in Classical Arabic Philosophy: Sources and Reception, ed. by Peter ADAMSON (London: The Warburg Institute - Turin: Nino Aragno Editore, «Warburg Institute Colloquia, 11», 2007) CHITTICK, William C., Mysticism versus Philosophy in Earlier Islamic History: the al-ṭûsî, al-qunawî Correspondence, in Religious Studies, 17 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1981), p. 87-104. RESCHER, N., The Development of Arabic Logic (Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1964). ṬUSÎ, Naṣîr al-dîn (al-), Contemplation and Action. The Spiritual Autobiography of a Muslim Scholar. A New Edition and English Translation of Sayr wa Sulûk by S. J. BADAKHCHANI (London: I. B. Tauris - The Institute of Ismaili Studies, 1998), xiii, 86 & 22 p., ISBN 1-85043-908-7. Pages 23-54. Class XI. A: April 17. B: April 19. Beyond the boundaries of Islam, from Maimonides to George Bush HARVEY, Steven, Islamic philosophy and Jewish philosophy, in ADAMSON, P. & TAYLOR, R. C. (eds.), The Cambridge Companion to Arabic Philosophy, p. 349-369. BURNETT, Charles, Arabic into Latin: the reception of Arabic philosophy into Western Europe, in ADAMSON, P. & TAYLOR, R. C. (eds.), The Cambridge Companion to Arabic Philosophy, p. 370-404. WILSON, Catherine, Modern Western philosophy, in NASR, S. H. & LEAMAN, O. (eds.), History of Islamic Philosophy, vol. II, p. 1013-1029.

TAKAHASHI, Hidemi, The Reception of Ibn Sînâ in Syriac: The Case of Gregory Barhebraeus, in David C. REISMAN (ed.), Before and After Avicenna. Proceedings of the First Conference of the Avicenna Study Group (Leiden - Boston: Brill, «Islamic Philosophy and Science. Texts and Studies, LII», 2003), xix & 302 p., ISBN 90-04-12978-2. MICHOT, Y., Avicenna s Almahad in 17th Century England: Sandys, Pococke, Digby, Baron, Cudworth et alii, in Uluslararası İbn Sînâ Sempozyumu Bildiriler, 22-24 Mayıs 2008, İstanbul International Ibn Sina Symposium Papers, May 22-24, 2008, Istanbul, eds. Mehmet MAZAK & Nevzat ÖZKAYA, 2 vols. (Istanbul: İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi Kültür A. Ş. Yayınları, 2009), vol. II, p. 299-336. Pages 299-318. Class XII. A: April 24. B: April 26. «Poisoned by Falsafa»: Ibn Taymiyya MICHEL, Thomas F., Ibn Taymiyya s Critique of Falsafa, in Hamdard Islamicus, VI/1 (Karachi, 1983), p. 3-14. HOOVER, Jon, Ibn Taymiyya s Theodicy of Perpetual Optimism (Leiden Boston: Brill, Islamic Philosophy, Theology and Science. Texts and Studies, 73, 2007)., Ibn Taymiyya as an Avicennan Theologian, in Theological Review, 27 (2006), p. 34-46. MICHOT, Y., From al-ma mūn to Ibn Sab īn, via Avicenna: Ibn Taymiyya s Historiography of Falsafa, in F. OPWIS & D. REISMAN (eds.), Islamic Philosophy, Science, Culture, and Religion. Studies in Honor of Dimitri Gutas (Leiden Boston: Brill, 2012), p. 453-475. http://fr.scribd.com/doc/206825656/yahya-michot- From-al-Ma mun-to-ibn-sab in-via-avicenna-ibn-taymiyya s- Historiography-of-Falsafa, Al-Ghazālī s Esotericism According to Ibn Taymiyya s Bughyat al-murtād, in G. TAMER (ed.), Islam & Rationality. The Impact of al-ghazālī. Papers Collected on His 900th Anniversary, vol. I (Leiden-Boston: Brill, 2015), p. 345-374., Misled and Misleading Yet Central in their Influence: Ibn Taymiyya s Views on the Ikhwān al-ṣafā, in N. EL-BIZRI (ed.), The Ikhwān al-ṣafā and their Rasā il. An Introduction (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008), p. 139 179. Corrected version on www.muslimphilosophy.com., Ibn Taymiyya s Commentary on Avicenna s Ishārāt, namaṭ X, in Stephan CONERMANN & Abdelkader AL GHOUZ (eds.), Islamic Philosophy from the 12th till the 14th Century (Bonn University Press bei V&R Unipress, 2017), 65 p. (under press). MICHOT, Y., A Mamlūk Theologian s Commentary on Avicenna s Risāla Aḍḥawiyya : Being a Translation of a Part of the Dar al-ta āruḍ of Ibn Taymiyya, with Introduction, Annotation, and Appendices, in Journal of Islamic Studies, 14:2 3 (Oxford, 2003), Part I, pp. 149 203; Part II, pp. 309 363. Part I, pages 150-194. Tuesday May 1. Viva voce examination