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Was
born in Tehran, Iran,
where he received his early education. He later studied in the West and
received his B.S. from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and his M.A
and Ph.D. from Harvard, where he studied the history of science and
learning with special concentration on Islamic science and philosophy. He
has taught at Tehran University, the American University in Beirut, Temple
University, and George Washington University, and is the author of a number
of works that are among the best available in English on the relevance of
traditional Islamic sciences and mystical disciplines to the situation of
modern man, including Ideals and Realities of Islam, Man and Nature,
Islamic Science: and Illustrated Study, and Sufi Essays. The translator
[Nuh Keller] is indebted to his writings for being among the reasons he
became a Muslim. While from a Shiite background, Hossein Nasr has a firmer
footing in traditional Islamic knowledge than many other western
interpreters of Islam. Muslim or non-Muslim, and his works are generally
free of the mistakes in detail found in others’ books, though some passages
are occasionally colored by the comparative religions approach that mars
the writings of a number of contemporary Muslim intellectuals. He lives and
teaches in the United States.
(Reliance of the Traveler, Nuh Keller.)
On
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Science and Civilization
Islam and the
Question of Violence
Reflections on
Islam and Modern Life
The
Interior Life in Islam
The
Spiritual Significance of Jihad
The Prophet
[s] and Prophetic Tradition - The Last Prophet [s] and Universal Man
Reflections
on Islam and Modern Life
Islam and Ecology,
an on-line article from the scholarly journal, Cross
Currents, written by Marjorie Hope and James Young. The bulk of this
article is the text of the authors' interview with Professor Seyyed Hossein Nasr. In addition, the authors compare Nasr's viewpoint with
that of Thomas Berry, one of today's most significant eco-philosophers (Alan Godlas Site)
Nasr’s Audio (buy on the internet)
http://www.nasr.org (Nasr’s
resources available for order online)
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