The Reign of Quantity and the Signs of the Times: Chapter 13
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Saiyad Nizamuddin Ahmad received his MA and Ph.D. in Islamic Studies from Princeton University. He also holds an MA in Arabic from Indiana University and a BSc in Pure Mathematics from Purdue University. He has taught at the University of Texas at Austin, the International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilisation in Kuala Lumpur, the American University of Sharjah, and the American University in Cairo. Saiyad Nizamuddin Ahmad has also been Reader in Shīʿah Studies at The Shīʿah Institute, London.
His most recent scholarly works include:
1. Philosophy and the Intellectual Life in Shīʿah Islam, edited with Sajjad H. Rizvi (London: The Shīʿah Institute Press, 2017).
2. Universal Science: An Introduction to Islamic Metaphysics, Modern Shīʿah Library Series vol. 2, by Mahdī Ḥāʾirī Yazdī (d. 1420/1999), Trans. John Cooper (Leiden: E. J. Brill, 2017), edited and introduced by Saiyad Nizamuddin Ahmad (Leiden: E. J. Brill, 2017).
3. Miʿrāj al-ʿUqūl Sharḥ Duʿāʾ al-Mashlūl (The Ascension of the Intellects Commentary on the Supplication of the Lame) by Sayyid Murtaḍā Nawnahrawī Ghāzīpūrī (d. 1336/1917), edited and introduced in Arabic English, and Urdu by Saiyad Nizamuddin Ahmad (London: The Shīʿah Institute, 2016).
4. Fuṣūṣ al-ḥikam by Muḥyī al-Dīn b. al-ʿArabī (d. 638/1240): A Critical Edition with Introduction and Notes (Cairo: Maktabat Miṣr, 2015) based on the unique Konya MS 1933 (dated 630 H) dictated by the author to his disciple Ṣadr al-Dīn Qunawī (d. 672/1274), Cairo: Maktabat Miṣr, 2015).
5. Fatwās of Condemnation: Islam and the Limits of Dissent. Kuala Lumpur: International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilization, 2006.
In trying to understand religious language better, an idea by Claude Levi-Strauss has been useful to me.
He states that myths are not trying to explain the sensible world through supernatural means, but rather that they USE the physical world as a language to discover and establish connections of a more abstract nature.
I thought that fitted neatly with some of the themes you covered (astrology, numbers as qualities, etc.). It also dispels the naive modern conception of religion as a mere primitive and superstitious method of science, which is in my opinion the source of so much of the contempt for it.
Thank you so much for the great lectures. I stumbled upon them at the exact right time, as I'm going from Jung to Evola by way of Ellul.
Thank you for another episode of this important series of lectures. Particularly enjoyed the nuanced explanation of the concept of Intelligence.
I disagree with almost everything from the reading but am enjoying learning about these rich religio-philosophical tractates that are totally unknown to me
I love these lectures. I hope your move is going well and you get a chance to continue these soon!
Amazing, Jazakhallah
Salaam Professor Ahmad, thank you for sharing your teachings. It would be impossible to find outside of academia. Please do a talk on the different interpretations of Aristotle’s De Anima fir those of us without a classical education. If you have a moment can you scribble down a list of essential prepratory texts that lead to a better understanding of Shia twelver philosophy from Corbin onwards
Salaam. Thank you for watching. I am actually currently offering a seminar on Aristotle's De Anima. I am also going to be making a reading list video on Aristotle's De Anima as well. will be uploading all of these by the end of June 2023, in shāʾ Allāh. So, please stay tuned.
Assalamu Dear Sayyid...Hope you've settled nicely into your new home and that the infinity library is getting bigger....a few questions.....
How is the Neoplatonic Nous "somewhat different" from the Aql?
If they are different how did the Neoplatonic thought come to influence Sufism?
Does Ibn Sina's 10 intellects have any semblance to the 10 Kabalistic Sephiroth?
Just sent what I can afford via PP. But I remain in your debt.
Given the assumption that Decrates invented Cartesian geometry. What type of geometry was used to build the pyramids?
I can't get over how good this is.
Many thanks for the series. I would have misinterpreted a whole chapter or so if it weren't for your clarifications. Now I will be more careful with the rest of the book.