The nature and scope of arabic philosophical commentary in post-classical (ca. 1100-1900 ad) islamic intellectual history: Some preliminary observations

Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies

Volumn 47, Issue S83, 2004, Pages 149-191

  Wisnovsky, Robert ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 85004143970     PISSN: 00760730     EISSN: 20415370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2041-5370.2004.tb02314.x     Document Type: Article

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