Part I: The Formative Period
1:The Straight Path: Philosophy and Islam
2:All for One: The Mu'tazilites
3:Founded in Translation: From Greek to Syriac to Arabic
4:Philosopher of the Arabs: al-Kindī
5:The Chosen Ones: Philosophy and Judaism
6:Reasoned Belief: Saadia Gaon
7:High Five: al-Rāzī
8:Aristotelian Society: the Baghdad School
9:The Second Master: al-Fārābī
10:State of Mind: al-Fārābī on Religion and Politics
11: Eye of the Beholder: Theories of Vision
12:Strings Attached: Music and Philosophy
13:Balancing Acts: Arabic Ethical Literature
14:Undercover Brothers: Philosophy in the Buyid Age
15:God Willing: the Ash'arites
16:The Self-Made Man: Avicenna's Life and Works
17:By the Time I Get to Phoenix: Avicenna on Existence
18:By All Means Necessary: Avicenna on God
19:Into Thin Air: Avicenna on the Soul
20:Special Delivery: al-Ghazālī
21:Miracle Worker: al-Ghazālī against the Philosophers
Part II: Andalusia
22:Philosophy's Reign in Spain: Andalusia
23:Laying Down the Law: Ibn Ḥazm and Islamic Legal Theory
24:Fantasy Island: Ibn Bājja and Ibn Tufayl
25:Back to Basics: Averroes on Reason and Religion
26:Single Minded: Averroes on the Intellect
27:A Matter of Taste: Ibn 'Arabī and Mysticism
28:Team Spirit: Ibn Khaldūn
29:Matter over Mind: Ibn Gabirol
30:Choosing My Religion: Judah Hallevi
31:Born Under a Bad Sign: Freedom and Astrology in Jewish Philosophy
32:With All Your Heart: Ethics and Judaism
33:The Great Eagle: Maimonides
34:He Moves in Mysterious Ways: Maimonides on Eternity
35:Burnt Offerings: the Maimonides Controversy
36:Man and Superman: Gersonides and the Jewish Reception of Averroes
37:Neither the Time nor the Place: Ḥasdai Crescas
38:When Bad Things Happen to Good People: Suffering in Jewish Philosophy
39:Chariot of Fire: Kabbalah
40:A Matter of Principles: Joseph Albo and Isaac Abravanel
Part III: The Later Traditions
41:Golden Ages: The Later Traditions
42:All Things Considered: Abū l-Barakāt al-Baghdādī
43:For the Sake of Argument: Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī
44:Let There Be Light: Suhrawardī
45:Bright Ideas: Illuminationism
46:A Man for All Seasons: Naṣīr al-Dīn al-Ṭūsī
47:To Be or Not to Be: Debating Avicenna's Metaphysics
48:Eyes Wide Shut: al-Rūmī and Philosophical Sufism
49:Proof Positive: The Logical Tradition
50:By the Book: Ibn Taymiyya
51:Aftermath: Philosophy and Science in the Mongol Age
52:Family Feud: Philosophy at Shīrāz
53:Follow the Leader: Philosophy under the Safavids
54:To Be, Continued: Mullā Ṣadrā on Existence
55:Return to Sender: Mullā Ṣadrā on Motion and Knowledge
56:Subcontinental Drift: Philosophy in Islamic India
57:Turkish Delights: Philosophy under the Ottomans
58:Blind Alley: Taqlīd, Sufism, and Philosophy
59:The Young Ones: Encounters with European Thought
60:The Stronger Sex: Women Scholars in the Islamic World
61:All for One and One for All: Muḥammad 'Abduh and Muḥammad Iqbāl
62:Iran So Far: The Heirs of Mullā Ṣadrā