Awḥaduddīn Rāzī. Ḥakīm-nāma, or Ijtimā‘-i ‘allāma (The philosopher’s Treatise). Together with his “Dhayl-i Sayr al-‘ibād” and other extant poems. Ed. by Nasrollah Pourjavady, Tehran, Iranian Institute of Philosophy, 2005, XII + 150 p.

Abstract

Awḥaduddīn Rāzī, a relatively unknown scholar of the 7th/13th century, probably lived and worked in north western Iran. He was a philosopher and physician who also composed poems. His Ḥakīm-nāma is a philosophical allegory dedicated to Samsuddīn Juvaynī (executed in 717/1282). In a dialogue between the human soul and the Universal Intellect all major issues concerning the destination of the human soul and the ways to fulfil this destination are elucidated, combining elements taken from differ...