{"product_id":"the-flying-man-akbar-ahmed-9781915025968","title":"The Flying Man: The Golden Age of Islam and Its Contribution to Science and Philosophy","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom Ibn Sina and Al-Ghazali to Maimonides and St. Thomas Aquinas, the Golden Age of Islam produced and influenced some of the greatest philosophers in history. Despite their profound intellectual achievements, however, the contributions of Muslim philosophers have largely been forgotten or even dismissed. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this fascinating title, celebrated Pakistani-American academic and former diplomat Akbar Ahmed places the concept of Ibn Sina's Flying Man on par with Plato's allegory of the cave and Nietzsche's notion of the ubermensch. He begins by tracing the crucial transmission of Greek texts into Arabic to the development of an Islamic tradition that harmonised reason and revelation. He explores the lives and ideas of the era's greatest thinkers, both Muslim and non-Muslim, showing how the intellectual renaissance of the ninth to thirteenth centuries continues to influence religious thought and philosophical ideas today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAhmed both challenges those who dismiss the contributions of Islamic civilization and revives its rich heritage for modern-day Muslims, arguing that the philosophers of the Golden Age of Islam still have much to teach us about wisdom, wonder and scholarship. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Akbar Ahmed\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1915025966\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781915025968\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Beacon Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/16\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 142\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.41lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.33d","brand":"Akbar Ahmed","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46173201760511,"sku":"9781915025968","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c841b96e-010e-4287-acd7-1c7f3e124a29.jpg?v=1727180287","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-flying-man-akbar-ahmed-9781915025968","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}