HenryCorbin
InsideIranianIslam
SpritualandPhilosophicalAspects
VolumeII
SuhrawardîandthePersianPlatonists
"Inmanyways,themonumentalopusofCorbinwhichsummarizeshislife-time workis
EnIslamIranien
,inwhichoverfortyyearsofresearchandmeditationupon Shî'ism,Susm,IslamicphilosophyandtherelationbetweenIslamicesoterictradition andesotericismintheWestasmanifestedinsuchformsasthelegendoftheHolyGrail andmanyotherconcernsarebroughttogether.Withoutdoubtthisworkisoneof themostoutstandingachievementsofWesternscholarshipconcerningtheIslamicand particularlyPersianworlds,astudywhichhasalreadyexercisedarichinuenceandis boundtoremainasoneofCorbin'smostenduringachievements.Manyofthethemes discussedinhisnumerousearlierworks,havefoundtheirmostmatureorchestrationin thisfourvolumeopusofmonumentaldimensions".(HosseinNasr,in
HenryCorbin: TheLifeandWorksoftheOccidentalExileinQuestoftheOrientofLight
,inSophia Perennis3,1977,p.102.)
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