History of Islamic Philosophy

History of Islamic Philosophy

Study and Analysis of the Lesser-Known Version of Theologia and the Connection of the Lesser-Known Version with Suhrawardi's Al-Talwihat

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
Reza Koorang Beheshti 1
mehdi asgari 2
1 Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran
2 PhD candidate in Islamic Philosophy and Theology, University of Religions and Denominations of Qom. Qom. Iran
10.22034/hpi.2024.469260.1095
Abstract
The so-called Theology of Aristotle, known as Theologia, exists in two different versions: a shorter version and a longer version. The shorter version reached the philosophers in the East of the Islamic world and brought philosophical issues to them, while the longer version of Theologia was famous in the West of the Islamic world. The main issue in this article is to introduce the longer version and the research conducted on it so far, and to show that, according to one of these studies and the investigation of Suhrawardī's book "Al-Talwihat al-Lawhiyya wa al-Arshiyya," a connection can be found between the longer version of Theologia and Al-Talwihat. The data collection method is library-based, and the data analysis method is descriptive-analytical. The brief conclusion reached in this article is that very little research has been conducted on the longer version of Theologia so far, and considering a passage from the book " Rawḍat al-taʿrīf" and what is mentioned in "Al-Talwihat al-Lawhiyya wa al-Arshiyya," it can be shown that Sheikh Shihab al-Din Suhrawardi was influenced by the longer version of Theologia.
Keywords
Suhrawardī
Al-Talwihat
Rawḍat al-taʿrīf
Ibn al-Khaṭīb
lesser-known version of the so-called Theology of Aristotle

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  • Receive Date 22 July 2024
  • Revise Date 11 October 2024
  • Accept Date 12 October 2024