Chapter I: Introduction

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1. The Theatre 1–6
1. Ancient Arabia 1
2. The first Caliphs. Medina. The Shiʻites 2
3. The Omayyads. Damascus, Basra and Kufa 3
4. The Abbasids. Bagdad 3
5. Minor States. Fall of the Caliphate 5

2. Oriental Wisdom 6–11
1. Semitic Speculation 6
2. Persian Religion. Zrwanism 8
3. Indian Wisdom 8

3. Greek Science 11–30
1. The Syrians 11
2. The Christian Churches 11
3. Edessa and Nisibis 12
4. Harran 13
5. Gondeshapur 14
6. Syriac Translations 14
7. Philosophy among the Syrians 16
8. Arabic Translations 17
9. The Philosophy of the Translators 19
10. Range of Tradition 21
11. Continuation of Neo-Platonism 22
12. The “Book of the Apple” 24
13. The “Theology of Aristotle” 25
14. Conception of Aristotle 27
15. Philosophy in Islam 28