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What if the philosophical heart of Asia never ceased to beat\u2014only to be misread, sidelined, or forgotten?<\/strong><\/h1>\n

In The Development of Metaphysics in Persia<\/em>, Muhammad Iqbal offers an electrifying rereading of Persian intellectual history\u2014one that challenges received wisdom and reshapes the global narrative of philosophy. Written at the dawn of the twentieth century by a poet-philosopher destined to reshape modern Islam, this book is far more than a survey. It is a declaration: that the metaphysical imagination of Persia, from Zoroaster to Suhraward\u012b, has always been alive\u2014restless, inventive, and spiritually charged.<\/p>\n

Iqbal traces a lineage where dualism and unity, matter and spirit, religion and reason collide in a dramatic unfolding. From the cosmic ethics of Zoroastrianism to the audacious cosmologies of M\u0101n\u012b and the moral idealism of the Mu\u02bftazilites, each chapter unveils a tradition not of passive borrowing, but of radical reinterpretation. At the center of it all is Sufism\u2014not a dreamy escape from reality, but a fierce intellectual awakening that reclaims the soul from abstraction and places it at the heart of existence.<\/p>\n

Erudite yet provocative, historical yet visionary, Iqbal\u2019s study is a work of philosophical resurrection. It recovers not only lost systems of thought but the Persian will to metaphysical meaning\u2014a will that still speaks urgently to the fractured spiritual landscapes of today.<\/p>\n

For readers of comparative philosophy, Islamic thought, or those simply drawn to ideas that dare to think otherwise, this book is essential. Iqbal does not just uncover a forgotten tradition\u2014he gives it voice.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A sweeping and original reinterpretation, The Development of Metaphysics in Persia<\/em> traces how Persian thought\u2014shaped by Zoroastrian dualism, Greek rationalism, and Islamic mysticism\u2014forged a distinct metaphysical tradition that culminates in a spiritual vision of unity.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":1650,"template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}}},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[1097,1157],"product_tag":[2330,2329,2331,2324,2322,2328,2323,2327,2325,2326],"class_list":["post-1649","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-philosophie-de-la-religion","product_cat-religion","product_tag-comparative-philosophy","product_tag-greek-influence-in-persia","product_tag-history-of-metaphysics","product_tag-islamic-metaphysics","product_tag-muhammad-iqbal","product_tag-muslim-thought","product_tag-persian-philosophy","product_tag-rationalism-in-islam","product_tag-sufism","product_tag-zoroastrianism","desktop-align-left","tablet-align-left","mobile-align-left","first","instock","downloadable","taxable","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"yoast_head":"\nMuhammad Iqbal, The Development of Metaphysics in Persia - 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