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-.Tūsī
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