Ebook: The story of Islamic philosophy: Ibn Ṭufayl, Ibn al-ʻArabī, and others on the limit between naturalism and traditionalism

"The story of Islamic philosophy is the story of the development of the human intellect from the rationalistic phase, represented in this study by Fārābi (d. 950), to an illuminative phase represented by Ibn Ṭufayl (d. 1185) and Ibn al-`Arabī (d. 1240). Illuminative philosophy is based on a model of mystical illumination that found its best expression in Plato's Seventh Letter ... In this book, I use Ibn .Tufayl's work and the work of other Islamic thinkers to present the main principles of illuminative or liminal philosophy ..."--Introduction, p. 1.;The file of illuminationist philosophy and the purpose of writing Ḥayy -- The naturalistic account of Ḥayy's birth -- The traditionalistic account from the end -- The origination of the world -- The shadow of Fārābī -- The shadow of Ibn Bājja -- The traditionalistic account from the beginning -- Gilgamesh : the one who saw the abyss -- The Tale of Bulūqiya between Ibn al-ʻArabī and Gilgamesh.