Dictionary of Muslim Philosophy Review

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Dictionary of Muslim Philosophy Review1st ed. 1970; Institute of Islamic Culture; Lahore, Pakistan; 146 pages; paper dustjacket, hardback. From the dustjacket: "aims at giving reliable definitions and clear explanations of the major terms used in the Muslim philosophical and scholastic thought, more particularly of the terminology employed by the medieval Muslim thinkers in logic, psychology and metaphysics. Arranged according to Arabic alphabet, all terms have been transliterated into English." The Arabic word or term is presented, then translated into English pronunciation of that Arabic word, and followed with a 'transliteration' or explanation of the word or phrase. For example: ibda: "Creation from absolute nothingness; to be distinguished from the cognate terms khalq, takwin and ihdath, all of which presuppose the temporal priority of cause to effect. In ibda there is no priority of cause to effect; there is only priority in essence so that effect comes to be after not-being with a posteriority in essence. Ibda again is of higher order than ihdath or takwin in so far as it signifies granting existence without an intermediary, be it time or motion, or matter one or other of which is necessarily presupposed in ihdath and takwin. Further, ibda is specific to the creation on intelligences, khalq to that of the natural beings and takwin to that on the 'corruptible' among them." Each of the following phrases receives a one-sentence transliteration into English (but much-shortened here): jins al-agnas (genus of genera), al-jins al-tab (natural genus), aljins al-aqli (mental genus), al-jins al-mantiqi (logical genus). The three terms of a syllogism are noted, as well as syllogism involving conditional conjunctive proposition (al-shartiyat al-muttasilah) and enthymeme (al-qiyas al-mujiz) abridged syllogism, versus complex syllogism with major and minor premises, and yet not overlooking antecedent (al-muqaddam) or the consequent (tali). The four kinds of quantitative changes in a body are explained. Linear or unidirectional on-earth movements (al-harakat al-mustaqimah) are contrasted from those of heavenly bodies (al-harakat al-mustadirah). This book does not debate any philosophical differences between Shiite or Sunna philosophers. It defines. Various analogical reasonings are discussed. This book contains serious transliterations of serious philosophical stuff. If you are interested in this type of analysis being translated from Arabic into English, this much-to-short book is for you. Really a 5-star book, but only 4-stars for its brevity.Dictionary of Muslim Philosophy Overview

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