The Italian publisher Laterza published a book entitled “Introduction to Islamic Philosophy” authored by Massimo Campanini, a Department of Philosophy professor at the state University of Milan in Italy.
The
first three chapters of the book deal with a paradigm for Islamic philosophy.
Chapter
one is a short survey of the historical development of Islamic philosophy from
the Mu'tazilites to Ibn Khaldun, while the second chapter defines Islamic
philosophy critically, analyzing the meaning of philosophy in the Arab and
Islamic world during the Middle Ages. A study of the schools of philosophy in
the third chapter examines the main overall keys of interpretation in Islamic
philosophy.
The
second section of the book delves into the most important issues in Islamic
philosophy; surveying the Oneness of God referring to the Islamic theories of
towhid (monotheism) from the Mu'tazilites' negative theology to the
neo-platonic God of al-Farabi and Avicenna to al- Ghazali's Light of the Lights
in its first chapter, followed by the structure of universe in the second.
Human
intellect, freedom and necessity in God's action, ethics and politics with an
emphasis on God's justice, are the other issues highlighted.
Massimo
has already published numerous articles and books on Islamic philosophy.
Source:
MEHR News Agency