CHAP.

PAGE

I

THE SYRIAC VERSION OF HELLENISM

1

II

THE ARAB PERIOD

56

III

THE COMING OF THE ‘ABBASIDS

89

IV

THE TRANSLATORS

105

V

THE MU‘TAZILITES

123

VI

THE EASTERN PHILOSOPHERS

135

VII

SUFISM

181

VIII

ORTHODOX SCHOLASTICISM

208

IX

THE WESTERN PHILOSOPHY

226

X

THE JEWISH TRANSMITTORS

261

XI

INFLUENCE OF THE ARABIC PHILOSOPHERS ON LATIN SCHOLASTICISM

275

CONCLUDING PARAGRAPH

295

CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE

296

INDEX

321