A history of Islamic philosophy - Fakhry, Majid (New York : Columbia University Press, 2004)
The legacy of Greece, Alexandria, and the Orient -- Early political and religious tensions -- Beginnings of systematic philosophical writing in the ninth century -- The further development of Islamic neo-Platonism -- Neo-Pythagoreanism and the popularization of the philosophical sciences -- The diffusion of philosophical culture in the tenth century -- The interaction of philosophy and dogma -- The rise and development of Islamic mysticism (Sūfism) -- The Arab-Spanish interlude and the revival of peripateticism -- Post-Avicennian developments : illumination and the reaction against peripateticism -- Theological reaction and reconstruction -- Modernist trends -- Contemporary trends
Includes bibliographical references (p. [399]-409) and index
Keywords: Islamic philosophy -- History