Abstract

The interpretation of “The Sources of Questions and Answers” is the most important monument of medieval Arab Muslim thought and the largest encyclopedia of classical kalam written by al-Hakim al-Jishami (d. 494/1101). This fourth part of the work, which has now been published in the original language for the first time, contains a detailed description of the natural philosophy, epistemology, and anthropology of mutakallims of Basra and Baghdad. It also contains an introductory study and the publisher’s commentary and will be of great interest for experts in Arab studies and philosophy, as well as those interested in the intellectual history of the East.

Imprint

Al-Hakim al-Jishami. Interpretation of the "Sources of Questions and Answers". Book four: Speeches on subtle [matters] (Arabic) / translated by F.O.Nofal; Introduction, commentary and indexes by F.O. Nofal; edited by A.V. Smirnov. - Moscow: OOO Sadra, 2021. - 776 p. - (Philosophical Thought in the Islamic World: Primary Sources. Vol. 1).