Knowledge Triumphant: The concept of knowledge in medieval Islam
In Knowledge Triumphant, Franz Rosenthal observes that the Islamic civilization is one that is essentially characterized by knowledge ('ilm), for "ilm is one of those concepts that have dominated Islam and given Muslim civilization its distinctive shape and complexion." There is no branch of Muslim intellectual and daily life that remained untouched by the all-pervasive attitude towards 'knowledge' as something of supreme value for Muslim being.\ With a new foreword by Dimitri Gutas.
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In Knowledge Triumphant, Franz Rosenthal observes that the Islamic civilization is one that is essentially characterized by knowledge ('ilm), for "ilm is one of those concepts that have dominated Islam and given Muslim civilization its distinctive shape and complexion." There is no branch of Muslim intellectual and daily life that remained untouched by the all-pervasive attitude towards 'knowledge' as something of supreme value for Muslim being. With a new foreword by Dimitri Gutas.
Foreword ixIntroduction Dimitri Gutas xiIntroduction 1I The Knowledge before Knowledge 51 The Root '-l-m 62 The Evidence of Poetry 12II The Revelation of Knowledge 191 A Word Count and its Meaning 192 The Motivating Force behind the Qur'ânic Use of '-l-m 223 Human Knowledge and Divine Knowledge 284 Fâhilîyah 325 Wisdom and Knowledge 35III The Plural of Knowledge 41IV Definitions of Knowledge 46V Knowledge is Islam (Theology and Religious Science) 701 Books and Chapters "On Knowledge" 702 Knowledge and Faith 973 God's Knowledge 1084 Man's Knowledge of God 1295 Shiî'ah Notions of Knowledge 142VI Knowledge if Light (Sûfism) 155VII Knowledge is Thought (Philosophy) 1941 Graeco-Arabic Translation Terminology 1962 Logic, "The Science of Knowledge" 2033 Epistemology as a Tool of Theology and Jurisprudence 208VII Knowledge is Society (Education) 2401 'Ilm-'Amal-Adab: Knowledge', Action, General Education 2402 'Ilm in Adab Anthologies 2523 Monographs in Praise of Knowledge and the Educational Literature 2774 Materials for an Appraisal of Knowledge as a Societal Force 298The Attitude toward Doubt 299Limitations on Individual Knowledge 308Personal Failings of Scholars 314Knowledge as Life and as Food for the Soul 318Knowledge in its Relation to Money and Power 322Concluding Remark 334Index 342
