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Major Arcs in the Philosophy of Shaykh Aḥmad III: Dialectical Metaphysics and the Project of Illuminationism.

Major Arcs in the Philosophy of Shaykh Aḥmad III: Dialectical Metaphysics and the Project of Illuminationism.

Posted by on Sep 5, 2015 in Blog, Reflections | 3 comments

It has been some time since posting our most recent installment, on objective logic and dialectics, in this seven-part series on the life, legacy, and philosophy of Shaykh Aḥmad Ibn Zayniddīn al-Aḥsāʾī. Things for this writer have been incredibly busy and it has taken much longer than expected to return to this. A number of readers also posted...

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Major Arcs in the Philosophy of Shaykh Aḥmad II: Objective Logic and Dialectics

Major Arcs in the Philosophy of Shaykh Aḥmad II: Objective Logic and Dialectics

Posted by on May 16, 2015 in Blog, Reflections | 3 comments

Following up upon our Preliminary Considerations, we have now reached the longest and most advanced installment in this series on the life, legacy, and philosophy of Shaykh Aḥmad Ibn Zayniddīn al-Aḥsāʾī. Contents of the seven parts of this series: Life, Travels, Character and Charisma Works: Opera Majora and Minora Legacy and Influence I:...

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Major Arcs in the Philosophy of Shaykh Aḥmad I: Preliminary Considerations

Major Arcs in the Philosophy of Shaykh Aḥmad I: Preliminary Considerations

Posted by on May 2, 2015 in Blog, Reflections | 10 comments

In our previous installment we completed our survey of the life, works, and influence of Shaykh Aḥmad Ibn Zayniddīn al-Aḥsāʾī. We are now at the halfway point. The second half of our survey, consisting of the final three installments in this series, will focus on the philosophical foundations of the cosmology of the Shaykh. Contents of the seven...

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Shaykh Aḥmad al-Aḥsāʾī: Part 3.ii – Shaykhism

Shaykh Aḥmad al-Aḥsāʾī: Part 3.ii – Shaykhism

Posted by on Apr 25, 2015 in Blog, Reflections | 6 comments

This is Part Four of our seven-part series of reflections on the life, influence, and philosophical foundations of the cosmology of Shaykh Aḥmad Ibn Zayniddīn al-Aḥsāʾī. Here we focus on the phenomenon of Shaykhism. Contents of the seven parts of this series: Life, Travels, Character and Charisma Works: Opera Majora and Minora Legacy and...

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