The fourth volume of the Anthology of Philosophy in Persia deathe richest and yet least known periods of philosophical life in Persia, the centuries between the seventh/thirteenth century, that saw the eclipse of the school of Khorosan, and the tenth/sixteenth century that coincided with tSafavids. The main schools dealt with are the Peripatetic (mashsha'i) School, the School of Illumination (ishraq) of Suhrawardi, and various forms of philosophical Sufism, especially the school of Ibn 'Arabi, that had its origins in the works of Ghazzali and 'Ayn al-Qudat Hamadanwas also notable for the philosopher-scientists such as Nasir al-Din Tusi aShirazi.
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