This volume brings together essays spanning four decades of Nasr's prolific and learned scholarship.

I: Islamic thought and Persian Culture; 1: Mysticism and Traditional Philosophy in Persia, Pre-Islamic and Islamic *; 2: Cosmography in Pre-Islamic and Islamic Persia; 3: The Tradition of Islamic Philosophy in Persia and its Significance for the Modern World *; 4: The Significance of Persian Philosophical Works in the Tradition of Islamic Philosophy *; II: Early Islamic Philosophy; 5: Why Was al-F?r?b? Called The Second Teacher? *; 6: Ibn S?n?: A General Survey *; 7: Ibn S?n?'s Prophetic Philosophy *; 8: B?r?n? as Philosopher *; 9: B?r?n? versus Ibn S?n? on the Nature of the Universe *; 10: N??ir-i Khusraw: The Philosopher-Poet *; 11: Fakhr al-D?n R?z?; III: Suhraward? and the School of Ishr?q; 12: Shihab al-Din Suhraward? *; 13: The Persian Works of Shaykh al-Ishr?q Shih?b al-D?n Suhraward? *; 14: The Spread of the Illuminationist School of Suhraward? *; IV: Philosophers-Poets-Scientists; 15: 'Umar Khayy?m:Philosopher-Poet-Scientist *; 16: The World View and Philosophical Perspective of ?ak?m Ni??m? Ganjaw? *; 17: Af?al al-D?n K?sh?n? and the Philosophical World of Khw?jah Na??r al-D?n ??s? *; 18: Mu?ammad ibn Mu?ammad Na??r al-D?n ??s? *; 19: Qu?b al-D?n Sh?r?z? *; 20: The Status of Rash?d al-D?n Fa?lall?h in the History of Islamic Philosophy and Science *; V: Later Islamic Philosophy; 21: The School of Isfahan *; 22: ?adr al-D?n Sh?r?z? (Mull? ?adr?) *; 23: ?ajj? Mull? H?d? Sabziw?r? *; VI: Islamic thought in Modern Iran; VI 24: Islamic Philosophy in Modem Persia: A Survey of Activity in the 50's and 60's *