John Walbridge
Biographic Data
| ID | 989979 |
|---|---|
| NAME | John Walbridge |
| GIVEN NAMES | John |
| FAMILY NAME | Walbridge |
| SIGNATURE | WALBRIDGE J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Indiana University Bloomington |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 20 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 19 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1992 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Exploring the Kitáb-i-Aqdas
Suhrawardī’s Illuminationism
Illuminationist texts and textual studies
The late Professor Hossein Ziai's interests focused on the Illuminationist (Ishrāqī) tradition. Dedicated to his memory, this volume deals with the post-Avicennan philosophical tradition in Iran, and in particular the Illuminationist school and later philosophers, such as those associated with the School of Isfahan, who were fundamentally influenced by it. The focus of various chapters is on translations, editions, and close expositions of ration…
Neguin Yavari. Advice for the Sultan
Muslim Voices and Lives in the Contemporary World
Islamic Science and the Making of the European Renaissance
440 Book Reviews / Early Science and Medicine 12 (2007) 433-465 George Saliba, Islamic Science and the Making of the European Renaissance (Transfor- mations, Studies in the History of Science and Technology) (Cambridge, Mass.: e MIT Press, 2007), pp. xi + 315 $40.00 (cloth) ISBN 978 0 262 19557 7. is is a book of some importance, for it proposes new answers to the questions of how science arose in Islamicate civilization and what role it played…
The Caliphate of Reason
A Nineteenth-Century Indo-Islamic Logic Textbook
The Islamic Art of Asking Questions
Harold Spencer. Avicenna to G̲h̲āzīpūrī
The Wisdom of the Mystic East
The Leaven of the Ancients
Logic in the Islamic Intellectual Tradition
Mehdi Amin Razavi, Suhrawardi and the School of Illumination, Curzon Sufi Series (Richmond, Surrey
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Explaining Away the Greek Gods in Islam
Explaining Away the Greek Gods in Islam John Walbridge Of the angels newly fallen from heaven, Milton tells us: Nor had they yet among the Sons of Eve Got them new Names ... Men took ... Devils to adore for Deities: Then were they known to men by various Names, And various Idols through the Heathen World. Among the devils worshipped as gods among the ancients were the Olympians: Th’ Ionian Gods, of Javans Issue held Gods, yet confest later then H…
A Persian Gulf in the Sea of Lights
L'auteur se penche sur un ensemble de textes traitant du nouvel-an perse (le Naw-Rūz), textes contenus dans le Bihār al-anwār, collection de traditions. Il apparait a leur etude que l'enseignement pre-islamique a survecu dans les compositions islamiques et chiites. Cette transmission y a pris la forme d'emprunts litteraires ou conceptuels
The Babi Uprising in Zanjan
On 5 May 1850 the Babis of Zanjan rose in arms against the Qajar governor of the town. Led by a charismatic cleric known as Hujjat-i Zanjani, two thousand Babi fighters with their families held part of the town against a much larger government army. Nine months later, when the army captured the last ruined houses held by the Babis, fewer than a hundred Babi fighters survived to face execution. There is never a neat answer to the question of why a…
The Science of Mystic Lights--Qutb al Din Shirazi and the Illuminationist Tradition in Islamic Philosophy
In the late 12th century the mystical philosopher Suhrawardi developed a metaphysics based on metaphysical light that combined the Islamic Neoplatonism of Avicenna with ideas and symbols drawn from Islamic mysticism, classical Platonism and Iranian mythology. This book analyzes how Qutb al-Din Shirazi, an Iranian scientist and philosopher of the 13th century and a leading exponent of Suhrawardi's thought, understood Suhrawardi's metaphysics of li…
The Sources for Early Bābī Doctrine and History
The Encyclopædia Iranica – A Progress Report
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The Babi Uprising in Zanjan
On 5 May 1850 the Babis of Zanjan rose in arms against the Qajar governor of the town. Led by a charismatic cleric known as Hujjat-i Zanjani, two thousand Babi fighters with their families held part of the town against a much larger government army. Nine months later, when the army captured the last ruined houses held by the Babis, fewer than a hundred Babi fighters survived to face execution. There is never a neat answer to the question of why a…
The Encyclopædia Iranica – A Progress Report
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
The Sources for Early Bābī Doctrine and History
The Science of Mystic Lights--Qutb al Din Shirazi and the Illuminationist Tradition in Islamic Philosophy
In the late 12th century the mystical philosopher Suhrawardi developed a metaphysics based on metaphysical light that combined the Islamic Neoplatonism of Avicenna with ideas and symbols drawn from Islamic mysticism, classical Platonism and Iranian mythology. This book analyzes how Qutb al-Din Shirazi, an Iranian scientist and philosopher of the 13th century and a leading exponent of Suhrawardi's thought, understood Suhrawardi's metaphysics of li…
The Babi Uprising in Zanjan
On 5 May 1850 the Babis of Zanjan rose in arms against the Qajar governor of the town. Led by a charismatic cleric known as Hujjat-i Zanjani, two thousand Babi fighters with their families held part of the town against a much larger government army. Nine months later, when the army captured the last ruined houses held by the Babis, fewer than a hundred Babi fighters survived to face execution. There is never a neat answer to the question of why a…
A Persian Gulf in the Sea of Lights
L'auteur se penche sur un ensemble de textes traitant du nouvel-an perse (le Naw-Rūz), textes contenus dans le Bihār al-anwār, collection de traditions. Il apparait a leur etude que l'enseignement pre-islamique a survecu dans les compositions islamiques et chiites. Cette transmission y a pris la forme d'emprunts litteraires ou conceptuels
Mehdi Amin Razavi, Suhrawardi and the School of Illumination, Curzon Sufi Series (Richmond, Surrey
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Explaining Away the Greek Gods in Islam
Explaining Away the Greek Gods in Islam John Walbridge Of the angels newly fallen from heaven, Milton tells us: Nor had they yet among the Sons of Eve Got them new Names ... Men took ... Devils to adore for Deities: Then were they known to men by various Names, And various Idols through the Heathen World. Among the devils worshipped as gods among the ancients were the Olympians: Th’ Ionian Gods, of Javans Issue held Gods, yet confest later then H…
Logic in the Islamic Intellectual Tradition
The Wisdom of the Mystic East
The Leaven of the Ancients
The Islamic Art of Asking Questions
Harold Spencer. Avicenna to G̲h̲āzīpūrī
A Nineteenth-Century Indo-Islamic Logic Textbook
The Caliphate of Reason
Islamic Science and the Making of the European Renaissance
440 Book Reviews / Early Science and Medicine 12 (2007) 433-465 George Saliba, Islamic Science and the Making of the European Renaissance (Transfor- mations, Studies in the History of Science and Technology) (Cambridge, Mass.: e MIT Press, 2007), pp. xi + 315 $40.00 (cloth) ISBN 978 0 262 19557 7. is is a book of some importance, for it proposes new answers to the questions of how science arose in Islamicate civilization and what role it played…
Muslim Voices and Lives in the Contemporary World
Neguin Yavari. Advice for the Sultan
Illuminationist texts and textual studies
The late Professor Hossein Ziai's interests focused on the Illuminationist (Ishrāqī) tradition. Dedicated to his memory, this volume deals with the post-Avicennan philosophical tradition in Iran, and in particular the Illuminationist school and later philosophers, such as those associated with the School of Isfahan, who were fundamentally influenced by it. The focus of various chapters is on translations, editions, and close expositions of ration…
Suhrawardī’s Illuminationism
Exploring the Kitáb-i-Aqdas
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