Introduction (Part 1)
– Development of Islam
– Translation and Assimilation
Introduction (Part 2)
– Influences and translated works
– Plotinus and Theology of Aristotle
– Proclus and the Book on the Pure Good (or Book on Causes)
The start of a tradition: al-Kindī
– Al-Kindī’s Metaphysics
– Al-Kindī’s psychology
The importance of Logic: al-Fārābī
– Al-Fārābī’s Metaphysics
– Knowledge, Ethics and Logic
The combination of Kalām and falsafa: Ibn Sīnā (Avicenna)
– Logic and Metaphysics
– Ibn Sīnā’s Intuition
Philosophy at work for Islam: Al-Ghazālī
– Philosophical Ideas
Islamic Rationalism: Ibn Rushd (Averroes)
– Legion and Truth
– The Incoherence of the Incoherence
Conclusion: Question of Arabic versus Islamic philosophy