Presuppositions in mystical philosophies : an examination of the mystical philosophies of Sankara and Ibn Arabi

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dc.contributor.authorPeat, Campbell
dc.contributor.supervisorRodrigues, Hillary
dc.date.accessioned2012-07-16T18:26:04Z
dc.date.available2012-07-16T18:26:04Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.degree.levelMasters
dc.descriptioniv, 195 leaves ; 29 cmen_US
dc.description.abstractThis study is a comparison of the philosophical systems composed by the Indian philosopher Sankara (788-830 CE), and the Muslim mystic, Ibn Arabi (1165-1240 CE). The primary thesis found in this study is that the conceptual systems constructed by Sankara and Ibn Arabi are not perfectly new creations derived from the core of their mystical realizations. Rather, they contain fundamental pre-existing principles, concepts, and teachings that are expanded upon and placed within a systematic philosophy or theology that is intended to lead others to a state of realization. A selection of these presuppositions are extracted from within each of these thinkers’ philosophical systems and employed as structural indicators. Similarities are highlighted, yet the differences between Sankara and Ibn Arabi’s thought, witnessed within their philosophical systems, lead us to the conclusion that the two mystics inhabited different conceptual space.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10133/3102
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherLethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Dept. of Religious Studies, c2011en_US
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Religious Studiesen_US
dc.publisher.facultyArts and Scienceen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesThesis (University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science)en_US
dc.subjectŚaṅkarācāryaen_US
dc.subjectIbn al-ʻArabī,1165-1240en_US
dc.subjectPhilosophy, Indicen_US
dc.subjectIslamic philosophyen_US
dc.subjectMysticism -- Islamen_US
dc.subjectMysticism -- Hinduismen_US
dc.subjectDissertations, Academicen_US
dc.titlePresuppositions in mystical philosophies : an examination of the mystical philosophies of Sankara and Ibn Arabien_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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