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The Meccan Revelations Ibn ʿArabī
Ibn ʿArabī · begun 1202; second version completed 1238
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Advanced Islamic
The Epistles of the Brethren of Purity Ikhwān al-Ṣafāʾ (Brethren of Purity)
Ikhwān al-Ṣafāʾ (Brethren of Purity) · c. 10th century (dates debated)
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Intermediate Islamic
Against the Greek Logicians Ibn Taymiyya
Ibn Taymiyya · early 14th century (exact date uncertain)
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Advanced Islamic
The Nasirean Ethics Naṣīr al-Dīn al-Ṭūsī
Naṣīr al-Dīn al-Ṭūsī · 1235; revised later
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Intermediate Persian
The Governance of the Solitary Ibn Bājja (Avempace)
Ibn Bājja (Avempace) · early 12th century (unfinished; before 1138)
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Advanced Islamic
The Philosophy of Illumination Shihāb al-Dīn Suhrawardī
Shihāb al-Dīn Suhrawardī · 1186
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Advanced Persian
The Decisive Treatise Ibn Rushd (Averroes)
Ibn Rushd (Averroes) · c. 1178–1180
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Intermediate Islamic
The Incoherence of the Incoherence Ibn Rushd (Averroes)
Ibn Rushd (Averroes) · c. 1180
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Advanced Islamic
The Incoherence of the Philosophers Abū Ḥāmid al-Ghazālī
Abū Ḥāmid al-Ghazālī · c. 1095
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Advanced Islamic
The Metaphysics of The Healing Ibn Sīnā (Avicenna)
Ibn Sīnā (Avicenna) · c. 1020s
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Advanced Islamic
The Attainment of Happiness Al-Farabi
Al-Farabi · c. first half of the 10th century
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Advanced Islamic
The Virtuous City (Principles of the Opinions of the People of the Virtuous City) Al-Farabi
Al-Farabi · c. 942–943
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Advanced Islamic
On First Philosophy Al-Kindi
Al-Kindi · c. 833–842
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Advanced Islamic
The Book of the Gentile and the Three Wise Men Ramon Llull
Ramon Llull · c. 1274–1276
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Intermediate Medieval Christian
The Mirror of Simple Souls Marguerite Porete
Marguerite Porete · c. 1290–1306
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Advanced Medieval Christian
Didascalicon Hugh of St Victor
Hugh of St Victor · c. late 1120s
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Intermediate Medieval Christian
The Sentences Peter Lombard
Peter Lombard · c. 1155–1158
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Advanced Medieval Christian
The Cloud of Unknowing Anonymous English author
Anonymous English author · late 14th century
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Beginner Medieval Christian
Revelations of Divine Love Julian of Norwich
Julian of Norwich · after 1373 (Short Text); Long Text c. 1390s or later
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Beginner Medieval Christian
Monarchy (De Monarchia) Dante Alighieri
Dante Alighieri · c. 1312–1318 (dates debated)
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Intermediate Medieval Christian
The Defender of the Peace Marsilius of Padua
Marsilius of Padua · 1324
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Advanced Medieval Christian
On Learned Ignorance Nicholas of Cusa
Nicholas of Cusa · 1440
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Advanced Medieval Christian
Selected Sermons and Treatises Meister Eckhart
Meister Eckhart · c. 1290s–1320s
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Intermediate Medieval Christian
A Treatise on God as First Principle John Duns Scotus
John Duns Scotus · c. 1305–1308
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Advanced Medieval Christian