The Goal of Islamic Philosophy: Reflections on the Works of Afdal al-Din Kāshānī
On what we can learn today from a lesser known 12th-13th century Persian philosophical master who viewed philosophy as the integration of knowing and being, as virtue.
On what we can learn today from a lesser known 12th-13th century Persian philosophical master who viewed philosophy as the integration of knowing and being, as virtue.
Meister Eckhart on Integrating Contemplation and Action
This essay first appeared in Volume 6 of Sacred Web (Winter 2000), pp.81-90.For Scott Whittaker, 1952-1998 Mathematician, Platonist, Faqir of the Mariamiyah Shadhili Tariqa, Orthodox Christian at the hour of his death, unacknowledged (even by himself) rediscoverer of Pythagorean mysticism, and dear spiritual friend, who transmitted...