The history of philosophy in Islam / by T. J. De Boer ; translated (with the sanction of the author) by Edward R. Jones.

Translation of : Geschichte der Philosophie im Islam.

Includes index.

2. The Faithful Brethren of Basra : 1. The Karmatites - 2. The Brethren and their Encyclopaedia - 3. Eclecticism - 4. Knowledge - 5. Mthematics - 6. Logic - 7. God and the World - 8. The Human Soul - Philosophy of Religion - 10. Ethics - 11. Influence of the Encyclopaedia -- CHAPTER IV. THE NEO-PLATONIC ARISTOTELIANS OF THE EAST : 1. Kindi : 1. His Life - 2. Relation to Theology - 3. Mathematics - 4. God; World; Soul - 5. Doctrine of the Spirit (aq) 6. Kindi as an Aristotelian - 7. The School of Kindi - 2. Farabi : 1. The Logicians - 2. Farabi's Life - 3. Relation to Plato and Aristotle - 4. Farabi's Conception of Philosophy - 5. His Logic - 6. His Metaphysics, Being, God - 7. The Celestial World - 8. The Terrestrial World - 9. The Human Soul - 10. The Spirit in Man - 11. Farabi's Ethics - 12. His Politics - 13. The Future Life - 14. General Survey of Farabi's System - 15. Effects of his Philosophy, Sidjistani - 3. Ibn Maskawaih : 1. His Position - 2. The Nature of the Soul - 3. The Principles of his Ethics - 4. Ibn Sina (Avicenna) : 1. His Life - 2. His Work - 3. Branches of Philosophy, Logic - 4. Metaphysics and Physics - 5. Anthropology and Psychology - 6. The Reason - 7. Allegorical Representation of the Doctrine of the Reason - 8. Esoteric Teaching - 9. Ibn Sina's Time, Beruni - 10. Behmenyar - 11. Survival of Ibn Sina's Influence - 5. Ibn al-Haitham (Alhazen) : 1. Scientific Movement turning Westward - 2. Ibn al-Haitham's Life and Works - 3. Perception and Judgment - 4. Slender effect left by his Teaching -- CHAPTER V. THE OUTCOME OF PHILOSOPHY IN THE EAST : 1. Gazali : 1. Dialectic and Mysticism - 2. Gazali's Life - 3. Attitude towards his Time: Hostility to Aristotelianism - 4. The World as the Production of God's Free Creative Might - 5. God and Divine Providence - 6. Doctrine of the Resurrection - 7. Gazali's Theology - 8. Experience and Revelation - 9. Estimate of Gazali's Position and Teaching - 2. The Epitomists : 1. Position of Philosophy in the East, after Gazali's Time - 2. Philosophical Culture -- CHAPTER VI. PHILOSOPHY IN THE WEST : 1. Beginnings : 1. The Age of the Omayyads - 2. The Eleventh Century - 2. Ibn Baddja (Avempace) : 1. The Almoravids - 2. Ibn Baddja's Life - 3. The Character of his Works - 4. His Logic and Metaphysics - 5. His Opinions regarding Soul and Spirit - 6. The Individual Man - 3. Ibn Tofail (Abubacer) : 1. The Almohads - 2. Ibn Tofail's Life - 3. "Hai ibn Yaqzan" - 4. "Hai" and the Development of Humanity - 5. "Hai's" Ethics - 4. Ibn Roshd (Averroes) : 1. His Life - 2. Ibn Roshd and Aristotle - 3. Logic, Attainability of Truth - 4. The World and God - 5. Body and Spirit - 6. Spirit and Spirits - 7. Estimate of Ibn Roshd as a Thinker - 8. Summary of his Views on the Relations of Theology, Religion and Philosophy to one another, Practical Philosophy -- CHAPTER VII. CONCLUSION : 1. Ibn Khaldun : 1. The Conditions of his Time - 2. Ibn Khaldun's Life - 3. Philosophy and Worldly Experience - 4. Philosophy of History, Historical Method - 5. The Subject of History - 6. Characterization - 2. The Arabs and Scholasticism : 1. Political Situation. The Jews - 2. Palermo and Toledo - 3. Parisian Averroism in the Thirteenth Century.