Seyyed Hossein Nasr's History of Islamic Philosophy: Figures Featured in Tables of Content

East:

1. al-Kindi

2. al-Farabi

3. Muhammad ibn Zakariyya al-Razi

4. Al-Amiri

5. Ibn Sina

6. Ibn Miskawayh (also a historian)

7. Al-Ghazzali

West:

8. Ibn Masarrah

9. Ibn Bajjah

10. Ibn Tufayl

11. Ibn Rushd

12. Ibn Sabin

13. Ibn Khaldun (also historian)

Mystical:

14. Ayn al-Qudat Hamadani

15. Shihab al-Din Suhrawardi

16. Ibn Arabi

Later:

17. Khwajah Nasir al-Din al-Tusi

18. Mir Damad

19. Mulla Sadra

20. Shah Waliullah

Jewish:

21. Saadiah Gaon al-Fayyumi

22. Ibn Gabirol

23. Judah Halevi

24. Maimonides

25. Gersonides: Levi ben Gershom

 

Gives a list of 12 figures (excluding Shah Waliullah, already included in the South Asian list) that could be considered in an Islamic Canonical Text list.

 

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