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HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY
IN ISLAM
By
DR.T. J. DE BOER
Translated by
EDWARD R. JONES, B.D.
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TRANSLATOR’S PREFATORY NOTE.
This edition of Dr. pe Bozn’s recent work is produced
in the hope that it may prove interesting to not a few
English readers, and especially that it may be of service
to younger students commencing to study the subject which
is dealt with in the following pages. The translator has
aimed at nothing more than a faithful reproduction of the
original. His best thanks are due to the accomplished author,
for his kindness in revising the proof-sheets of the version,
as it passed through the Pross,
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PREFACE.
The following is the first attempt which has been made,
since the appearance of Munk’s excellent sketch ', to present
in connected form a History of Philosophy in Islam. ‘This
work of mine may therefore be regarded asa fresh initiation,
—not a completion of such a task. I could not know of
all that had been done by others, in the way of preliminary
study in this field; and when I did know of the existence
of such material, it was not always accessible to me. As
for manuscript assistance, it was only in exceptional eases
that this was at my disposal.
Conforming to the conditions which I had to meet, I
have in the following account refrained from stating my
authorities, But anything which I may have taken over,
nearly word for word or without testing it, T have marked
in foot-references. For the rest, I deeply regret that I cannot
duly indicate at present how much I owe, as regards
appreciation of the sources, to men like Dieterici, de Goeje,
Goldziber, Houtsma, Aug. Miller, Munk, Néldeke, Renan,
Snouck Hurgronje, van Vloten, and many, many others.
Since the completion of this volume an interesting mo-
nograph on Tbn Sina has appeared, which farther extends
1 8, Mowx, “Mélanges de Philovophie juive et arabe”, Paris 1859.
+ Canna De Vaux, “Avicenne”, Paris 1900.