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Cosmography in pre Islamic and Islamic Persia
In this book a survey of Persian cosmography in the pre Islamic and Islamic period is presented where the author chose to discuss certain ideas which show the "vertical" as well as the "horizontal" continuity between the two periods. We have seen how the archaeology ,despite the difference in terminology, the results described in the two traditions is nearly the same and how in the certain instances there is even formal resemblance of course the metaphysical background into which the cosmological sciences are integrated is not the same .The view of Islam being the emphasis upon Divine Unity which absorbs all the contingencies and the view of Zoroastrianism the cosmic duality of good and evil or light and darkness.
Published By:
Syyed Hossein Nasr
Published Date:
June 15, 2026
Pages:
34
Subjects:
Documentries
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(27.76)
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Description
In this book a survey of Persian cosmography in the pre Islamic and Islamic period is presented where the author chose to discuss certain ideas which show the "vertical" as well as the "horizontal" continuity between the two periods. We have seen how the archaeology ,despite the difference in terminology, the results described in the two traditions is nearly the same and how in the certain instances there is even formal resemblance of course the metaphysical background into which the cosmological sciences are integrated is not the same .The view of Islam being the emphasis upon Divine Unity which absorbs all the contingencies and the view of Zoroastrianism the cosmic duality of good and evil or light and darkness.
