Sohravardi and the Question of Knowledge

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Notes

[^1]. Presented in a confrance on “Plato and Sohravardi” in Athens, February 18, 2006 and published in Plato and Sohravardi  (Athens: Hellenic Society for Philosophical Studies, 2007), pp. 48-[^62]:

[^2] The first of these numbers indicates the volume number of Oeuvres Philosophiques et Mystiques, and the second number refers to the page number.

Table of Contents

[Introduction] 2

Illuminationist Philosophy. 3

Epistemological Principles of Sohravardi 5

Knowledge by Presence 6

Sense Perception. 8

Rational Perception. 9

Logic 10

Illuminative Knowledge 11

Imaginal World. 14

[Sources] 16

Original Source 16

Other Consulted Works: 16

Notes 17