Open to Reason: Muslim Philosophers in Conversation with the Western Tradition

by Souleymane Bachir Diagne

Book Overview

What does it mean to be a Muslim philosopher, or to philosophize in Islam? In Open to Reason, Souleymane Bachir Diagne traces Muslims' intellectual and spiritual history of examining and questioning beliefs and arguments to show how Islamic philosophy has always engaged critically with texts and ideas both inside and outside its tradition. Through a rich reading of classical and modern Muslim philosophers, Diagne explains the long history...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231185464
• ISBN13: 9780231185462
• Release Date: August 2018
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 136 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.6" x 8.6"