George Hourani
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- PhD Philosophy University of Oxford
- Masters Philosophy University of Oxford
- Bachelors Philosophy University of Oxford
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, George Fadlo Hourani was a British philosopher, historian, and classicist. He is best known for his work in Islamic philosophy, which focused on classical Islamic rationalism and ethics. Biography George Hourani was born into a prosperous British family of Lebanese Christian extraction in Didsbury, Manchester. He was the fourth of six children, having three older sisters and two younger brothers. His brothers were Albert Hourani and Cecil Hourani.
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Published Works
- A History of Muslim Philosophy (1965) (118)
- Reason and tradition in Islamic ethics (1985) (113)
- Islamic Reform: The Political and Legal Theories of Muhammad Abduh and Rashid Rida (1967) (104)
- Creative Imagination in the Sūfism of Ibn 'ArabīCreative Imagination in the Sufism of Ibn 'Arabi (1970) (95)
- Aristotle and the Arabs: The Aristotelian Tradition in Islam (1970) (89)
- Reason and Tradition in Islamic Ethics: Frontmatter (1985) (83)
- Greek into Arabic: Essays on Islamic Philosophy (1962) (67)
- Storia do Mogor; or, Mogul India 1653-1708; (1981) (43)
- The Philosophy of the Kalam. (1977) (39)
- Averroes : on the harmony of religion and philosophy (1962) (34)
- Islamic Rationalism: The Ethics of Abd al-Jabbar (1971) (32)
- The Principal Subject of Ibn Ṭufayl's Ḥayy Ibn Yaqẓān (1956) (31)
- Israel and the Arabs (1969) (28)
- THE DIALOGUE BETWEEN AL-GHAZL AND THE PHILOSOPHERS ON THE ORIGIN OF THE WORLD (1958) (26)
- A Revised Chronology of Ghazālī's Writings@@@A Revised Chronology of Ghazali's Writings (1984) (25)
- Ghazālī on the Ethics of Action@@@Ghazali on the Ethics of Action (1976) (25)
- Reason and Tradition in Islamic Ethics: The basis of authority of consensus in Sunnite Islam (1964) (22)
- TWO THEORIES OF VALUE 1N MEDIEVAL ISLAM (1960) (21)
- Essays on Islamic philosophy and science (1977) (21)
- Thrasymachus' Definition of Justice in Plato's Republic (1962) (19)
- Islamic Theology and Philosophy Studies in Honor of George F. Hourani (1984) (17)
- Reason and Tradition in Islamic Ethics: Reason and revelation in Ibn Ḥazm's ethical thought (1985) (16)
- Islamic and Non-Islamic Origins of Mu'tazilite Ethical Rationalism (1976) (13)
- Averroes on good and evil (1962) (12)
- The Education of the Third Class in Plato's Republic (1949) (11)
- ETHICAL PRESUPPOSITIONS OF THE QUR'ĀN (1980) (9)
- The Chronology of Ghazālī's Writings@@@The Chronology of Ghazali's Writings (1959) (7)
- Reason and Tradition in Islamic Ethics: Ghazālī on the ethics of action (1985) (6)
- Early growth of the secular sciences in Andalusia (1970) (5)
- Direct Sailing Between the Persian Gulf and China in Pre-Islamic Times (1947) (5)
- History of the Afghans (1971) (4)
- Poor Richard; the almanacks for the years 1733–1758.. (1977) (4)
- Studies in Iqbal (1971) (4)
- Ibn Tufayl's Hayy Ibn Yaqzān: A Philosophical Tale@@@Ibn Tufayl's Hayy Ibn Yaqzan: A Philosophical Tale (1973) (3)
- Reason and Tradition in Islamic Ethics: Conventions (1985) (3)
- JUWAYN?'S CRITICISMS OF MU'TAZILITE ETHICS (1975) (3)
- Reason and Tradition in Islamic Ethics: Ethics in classical Islam: a conspectus (1985) (3)
- Arab Geographers on Korea (1938) (3)
- Al-Qur'an. Selections from the Noble Reading (1970) (2)
- Did Roman Commercial Competition Ruin South Arabia? (1952) (2)
- Reason and Tradition in Islamic Ethics: ‘Injuring oneself’ in the Qurʾān, in the light of Aristotle (1985) (1)
- Reason and Tradition in Islamic Ethics: Ibn Sīnā's ‘Essay on the secret of destiny’ (1985) (1)
- Palestine as a Problem of Ethics (1969) (1)
- Reason and Tradition in Islamic Ethics: The rationalist ethics of ʿAbd al-Jabbār (1985) (1)
- Reason and Tradition in Islamic Ethics: Combinations of reason and tradition in Islamic ethics (1985) (1)
- Reason and Tradition in Islamic Ethics: Islamic theology and Muslim philosophy (1985) (1)
- Book Review:Allah's Commonwealth: A History of Islam in the near East 600-1100 A. D. F. E. Peters (1976) (0)
- Reason and Tradition in Islamic Ethics: Deliberation in Aristotle and ʿAbd al-Jabbār (1985) (0)
- News of Members (1973) (0)
- The Philosophy of Ibn ʿArabī. Rom Landau (1960) (0)
- Ancient South Arabian Voyages to India-Rejoinder to G. W. Van Beek (1960) (0)
- RMS volume 16 issue 1 Cover and Front matter (1982) (0)
- Learned journals and scholarly reviewing: a correspondence (1970) (0)
- Aristotle and the Arabs: The Aristotelian Tradition in Islam. By F. E. Peters. [New York University Studies in Near Eastern Civilization, Number I.] (New York: New York University Press. 1968. Pp. xxiv, 303. $9.50.) (1970) (0)
- Succession to the Rule in Islam, with Special Reference to the Early `Abbasid Period. Anwar G. Chejne (1962) (0)
- XXVII International congress of orientalists : program (1967) (0)
- Political Thought in Medieval Islam: An Introductory Outline. Erwin I. J. Rosenthal (1959) (0)
- Reason and Tradition in Islamic Ethics: Two theories of value in early Islam (1985) (0)
- Book Review:The Introductory Chapters of Yaqut's Mu'jam al-buldan Wadie Jwaideh (1960) (0)
- Muslim Studies: Volume 1 (1967) (0)
- Islamic Rationalism: The Ethics of ʿAbd al-Jabbār@@@Islamic Rationalism: The Ethics of Abd al-Jabbar (1974) (0)
- Notes et commentaires (1982) (0)
- Reason and Tradition in Islamic Ethics: Titles and locations of the original articles (1985) (0)
- IBN SINA: TREATISE ON THE SECRET OF DESTINY1 (1963) (0)
- Preliminary Program for Middle East Studies Association Fourth Annual Meeting (1970) (0)
- Reason and Tradition in Islamic Ethics: Select bibliography (1985) (0)
- The Philosophy of Avicenna (1971) (0)
- Reason and Tradition in Islamic Ethics: Juwaynī's criticisms of Muʿtazilite ethics (1985) (0)
- Muslim Studies, Volume I (1971) (0)
- RMS volume 3 issue 3 Cover and Front matter (1969) (0)
- Reason and Tradition in Islamic Ethics: Islamic and non-Islamic origin of Muʿtazilite ethical rationalism (1985) (0)
- Reason and Tradition in Islamic Ethics: Introduction (1985) (0)
- Reason and Tradition in Islamic Ethics: Ashʿarī (1985) (0)
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