From Ibn Sina’s Necessary Existent to Fakhr al-Din al-Razi’s God
Ibn Sina and al-Razi on God
A working command of the vocabulary of Islamic metaphysics — wujūd, māhiyya, the gradation of being — used precisely, not loosely.
The capacity to read primary texts of Ibn Sīnā and Mullā Ṣadrā with comprehension rather than reverence alone.
An understanding of why the tradition treats metaphysics as the science of realities — and what that claim asks of the knower.
Direct exchange with Professor Nasr in open Q&A after every session — the part no book can replace.
Peter Adamson is one of the world’s leading historians of philosophy and among the most influential public interpreters of the philosophical tradition today. His scholarship ranges across Greek, Islamic, medieval, and global philosophy, while his internationally acclaimed History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps project has introduced millions of listeners and readers to philosophy as a continuous and interconnected human conversation. At Tokat, he teaches the history of Islamic philosophy not as an isolated academic discipline, but as a living tradition that stretches across cultures, languages, and civilizations.
