Publisher's Synopsis
Philosophy & The Intellectual Life in Shi?ah Islam contains the proceedings from The Shi?ah Institute's first Symposium 2015, comprising a series of studies into the philosophical trends and thinkers associated with the Shi?i tradition. The volume offers insight into the rich intellectual history in Shi?ah Islam of examining enduring and integral theological, mystical, metaphysical, and epistemological questions. The chapters are broad in scope, commencing from the classical period of philosophical theology and proceeding to examine philosophical aspects of the thought of al-Shaykh al-Mufid, Mir Damad, and Mulla Ṣadra, amongst others. The volume aims to make an initial contribution, both by opening up fresh lines of inquiry into the 'Intellectual Life in Shi?ah Islam' and by encouraging further research into Shi?i intellectual history.
