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Book of Radiance

Hossein Ziai, editor

The Book of Radiance was composed by the Iranian philosopher, Sohravardi, for the Seljuk (Saljuq) ruler Sulayman Shah, who is said to have been a great patron of philosophy. The work is in an elegant philosophical Persian in ten chapters in which topics selected from logic, physics, and metaphysics are presented.

Specifications:
1998: xx+188pp.,Persian-English glossary, index.
Intellectual Traditions Series, No. 1.
ISBN:1-56859-080-6 (cloth): $39.95

ISBN: 1-56859-081-4(paper): $17.95

Al-Tanqihat fi Sharh al-talwihat
The Ball and Polo Stick or The Book of Ecstacy
Book of Radiance
The Mirror of Meaning
Philosophical Allegories

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