Seyyed Hossein Nasr

Details

Nationality

Iranian

Notes

Scholar of Islamic cosmology and the metaphysics of sacred art and geometry. Existing source entry (year 1978, Thames & Hudson) refers to a revised edition; first publication was 1964, Harvard University Press. Title in full: An Introduction to Islamic Cosmological Doctrines. The 1978 Shambhala/Thames & Hudson imprint is a revised reprint, not the first edition.

Connections

• proposed ʿIlm and the Ghayb (Islamic epistemology)
• proposed Islamic Sacred Geometry
• authored An Introduction to Islamic Cosmological Doctrines: Conceptions of Nature and Methods Used for Its Study by the Ikhwan al-Safa, al-Biruni, and Ibn Sina

Sources

1. Nasr, S. H. Islamic Cosmological Doctrines. Thames & Hudson, 1978.
2. Nasr, S. H. An Introduction to Islamic Cosmological Doctrines. Harvard University Press, 1964.