Philosophy of Seyyed Hossein Nasr, The
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Philosophy of Seyyed Hossein Nasr, The
By (Author) Lewis Hahn
Open Court Publishing Co ,U.S.
Open Court Publishing Co ,U.S.
6th September 2001
United States
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
Biography: philosophy and social sciences
East Asian and Indian philosophy
Islamic and Arab philosophy
Comparative religion
181.07
Physical Properties
Paperback
848
Width 152mm, Height 228mm
1374g
Description
Seyyed Hossein Nasr, a Persian Sufist is the subject of volume 28 in the "Library of Living Philosophers" series. As in the other volumes of the series, the subject discusses his life and philosophical development in an intellectual autobiography. This is followed by 33 critical essays by various scholars and Nasr's replies to each of them. Nasr has been influential in the fields of comparative religion, theology and Islamic studies, as well as philosophy and comparative philosophy. He is also known for his writings on the history of art, the history of science and Sufism (Islamic Mysticism).
