{"product_id":"allegory-and-philosophy-in-avicenna-ibn-sina-9780812231519","title":"Allegory and Philosophy in Avicenna Ibn Sina","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIslamic allegory is the product of a cohesive literary tradition to which few contributed as significantly as Ibn Sina (Avicenna), the eleventh-century Muslim philosopher. Peter Heath here offers a detailed examination of Avicenna''s contribution, paying special attention to Avicenna''s psychology and poetics and to the ways in which they influenced strains of theological, mystical, and literary thought in subsequent Islamic—and Western—intellectual and religious history.\u003cbr\u003eHeath begins by showing how Avicenna''s writings fit into the context and general history of Islamic allegory and explores the interaction among allegory, allegoresis, and philosophy in Avicenna''s thought. He then provides a brief introduction to Avicenna as an historical figure. From there, he examines the ways in which Avicenna''s cosmological, psychological, and epistemological theories find parallel, if diverse, expression in the disparate formats of philosophical and allegorical narration. In\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNote on Transliteration and Dates\u003cbr\u003e List of Abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e Journals and Reference Works\u003cbr\u003e Titles of Works by Avicenna\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e PART I. INTRODUCTION\u003cbr\u003e 1. Avicenna and Islamic Allegory\u003cbr\u003e 2. Avicenna: Courtier, Physician, Philosopher\u003cbr\u003e PART II. ALLEGORY AND PHILOSOPHY\u003cbr\u003e 3. The Structure and Representation of the Cosmos\u003cbr\u003e 4. Avicenna's Theory of the Soul\u003cbr\u003e 5. Avicenna's Theory of Knowledge\u003cbr\u003e PART III. THE MI'R J N MA\u003cbr\u003e 6. Translation of the Mi'râj Nâma\u003cbr\u003e 7. The Translation of the Mi'râj Nâma (The Book of the Prophet\u003cbr\u003e Muhammad's Ascent to Heaven)\u003cbr\u003e PART IV. INTERPRETATION AND ALLEGORY\u003cbr\u003e 7. The Interpretation and Function of Allegory\u003cbr\u003e 8. Allegory and Allegoresis\u003cbr\u003e APPENDICES\u003cbr\u003e Appendix A On Allegory\u003cbr\u003e Appendix B On the Attribution of the Mi'râj Nâma\u003cbr\u003e Appendix C The Manuscripts\u003cbr\u003e Appendix D The Text of Avicenna's Version of the Mi'râj (without his attendant commentary)\u003cbr\u003e BIBLIOGRAPHY\u003cbr\u003e INDEX\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Pennsylvania Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405709058391,"sku":"9780812231519","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/allegory-and-philosophy-in-avicenna-ibn-sina-9780812231519","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}