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It's time to talk about a few ways that Neoplatonic ideas have shown up in the history of Islamic thought.
Sources/Recomended Reading:
- Adamson, Peter (ed.) (2005). "The Cambridge Companion to Arabic Philosophy". Cambridge University Press.
- al-Ghazali - "The Niche of Lights". Translated by David Buchman. Islamic Translations Series. University of Chicago Press.
- Daftary, Farhad (2007). "The Isma'ilis: Their history and doctrines". Cambridge University Press.
- Chittick, William (2005). "Ibn Arabi: Heir to the Prophets". OneWorld Publications.
- Chittick, William (1989). "The Sufi Path of Knowledge: Ibn 'Arabi's Metaphysics of Imagination".
- Chittick, William (1998). "The Self-Disclosure of God: Principles of Ibn al-'Arabi's Cosmology". State University of New York Press.
- Chittick, William (2005). "The Sufi Doctrine of Rumi". World Wisdom, inc.
- Dillon, John (1996). "The Middle Platonists". Bristol Classical Press.
- Gerson, Loyd P. (ed.) (2019). "Plotinus: The Enneads". Cambridge University Press. (This is the translation of the Enneads I have been using in this episode).
- Gerson, Loyd P (2008). "Cambridge Companion to Plotinus". Cambridge University Press.
- Ibn Sina - "A Treatise on Love". Translated by Emil L. Fackenheim. Medieval Studies.
- Ibn 'Arabi - "The Ringstones of Wisdom (Fusus al-Hikam)". Translation by Caner K. Dagli. Great Books of the Islamic World.
- Ibn Arabi - "The Universal Tree and the Four Birds (al-ittihad al-kawni). Translated by Angela Jaffray. Oxford: Anqa Publishing.
- Ibn 'Arabi - "The Openings Revealed in Makkah: al-futuhat al-makkiyya". Translated by Eric Winkel. Volumes 1-4. Pir Press.
- Morewedge, Parviz (1992). "Neoplatonism and Islamic Thought". State University of New York Press.
- Ormsby, Eric (Translated by) (2012). "Between Reason and Revelation: Twin wisdoms reconciled". An annotated English translation of Nasir-i Khusraw's Kitab-i Jami al-hikmatayn. The Institute of Isma'ili Studies. I.B. Tauris.
- Proclus "The Elements of Theology: A Revised Text with Translation, Introduction, and Commentary". Translated by E.R. Dodds. Second Edition. Oxford University Press.
- O'Meara, Dominic J. (1999). "Plotinus: An Introduction to the Enneads". Oxford University Press.
- Wallis, R.T. (1998). "Neoplatonism". Second Edition. Bristol Classical Paperbacks. Hackett Publishing Company.
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