COURSE UNIT TITLE

Offered By

Philosophy and Religious Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR MEHMET AYDIN

Offered to

Philosophy and Religious Sciences

Course Objective

To examine the approaches of Shihabeddin es-Suhreverdi, the founder of Ishraq philosophy, and his followers to ontology and epistemology within the framework of the concepts of light, Nur of Light, the emanation of light, the priority of the essence, the existence of a mental concept, the existence of the soul, the theory of vision and peace,
To analyze the views put forward in the tradition of israq philosophy on the possibility of reaching certain knowledge, the existence of the soul and life after death.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Mehdi Amin Razavi, Suhrawardi and the School of Illumination, Routledge, London and New York 2013.
2. Shihabuddin Yahya Suhrawardi, The Philosophical allegories and Mystical Treatise, trans., Wheeler M. Thackson, Jr., Mazda Publishers, California 1999.
3. John Walbridge, The Wisdom of the Mystic East: Suhrawardi and Platonic Orientalism, State University of New York Press 2001.
4. Suhrawardi, The Shape of Light (Hayakal al-Nur), interpreted by Tosun Bayrak, Fons vitae Louisville, KY 1998.
5. John Walbridge, The Leaven of the Ancient: Suhrawardi and the Heritage of the Greeks, State University of New York Press 2000.
6. Suhreverdi, el-Elvahu'l-Imadiyye Hikmet Levhaları, çev., Salih Yalın-Ahmet Kamil Cihan, Türkiye Yazma Eserler Kurumu Başkanlığı Yayınları, Istanbul 2017.
7. Sühreverdi, Hikmetü'l-Işrak, der.,Eyüp Bekiryazıcı-Üsmetullah sami, Türkiye Yazma Eserler Kurumu Başkanlığı Yayınları, Istanbul 2015

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, question-answer, analyse

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

The success of student is being determined by reference to his or her performance of mid term, final exam and course performance.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

mehmetaydin@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes