Neoplatonism in Islamic Thought

It's time to talk about a few ways that Neoplatonic ideas have shown up in the history of Islamic thought.
This video is part of an amazing collaboration with ESOTERICA, Seekers of Unity, Angela's Symposium, The Modern Hermeticist and John Vervaeke. You can find their videos on Neoplatonism below:
ESOTERICA:    • The Ancient Neo-Platonist Attack on Gnosti...  
Seekers of Unity:    • From Neoplatonism to Kabbalah: A Mystical ...  
   • The Untold Story of Plato and Kabbalah in ...  
Angela's Symposium:    • Plotinus & Iamblichus on Magic and Theurgy  
The Modern Hermeticist:    • The Platonic Philosopher's Creed (Thomas T...  
John Vervaeke:    • Levels of Intelligibility:  Neoplatonism a...  

Sources/Recomended Reading:

Adamson, Peter (ed.) (2005). "The Cambridge Companion to Arabic Philosophy". Cambridge University Press.

al-Ghazali - "The Niche of Lights". Translated by David Buchman. Islamic Translations Series. University of Chicago Press.

Daftary, Farhad (2007). "The Isma'ilis: Their history and doctrines". Cambridge University Press.

Chittick, William (2005). "Ibn Arabi: Heir to the Prophets". OneWorld Publications.

Chittick, William (1989). "The Sufi Path of Knowledge: Ibn 'Arabi's Metaphysics of Imagination".

Chittick, William (1998). "The Self-Disclosure of God: Principles of Ibn al-'Arabi's Cosmology". State University of New York Press.

Chittick, William (2005). "The Sufi Doctrine of Rumi". World Wisdom, inc.

Dillon, John (1996). "The Middle Platonists". Bristol Classical Press.

Gerson, Loyd P. (ed.) (2019). "Plotinus: The Enneads". Cambridge University Press. (This is the translation of the Enneads I have been using in this episode).

Gerson, Loyd P (2008). "Cambridge Companion to Plotinus". Cambridge University Press.

Ibn Sina - "A Treatise on Love". Translated by Emil L. Fackenheim. Medieval Studies.

Ibn 'Arabi - "The Ringstones of Wisdom (Fusus al-Hikam)". Translation by Caner K. Dagli. Great Books of the Islamic World.

Ibn Arabi - "The Universal Tree and the Four Birds (al-ittihad al-kawni). Translated by Angela Jaffray. Oxford: Anqa Publishing.

Ibn 'Arabi - "The Openings Revealed in Makkah: al-futuhat al-makkiyya". Translated by Eric Winkel. Volumes 1-4. Pir Press.

Morewedge, Parviz (1992). "Neoplatonism and Islamic Thought". State University of New York Press.

Ormsby, Eric (Translated by) (2012). "Between Reason and Revelation: Twin wisdoms reconciled". An annotated English translation of Nasir-i Khusraw's Kitab-i Jami al-hikmatayn. The Institute of Isma'ili Studies. I.B. Tauris.

Proclus "The Elements of Theology: A Revised Text with Translation, Introduction, and Commentary". Translated by E.R. Dodds. Second Edition. Oxford University Press.

O'Meara, Dominic J. (1999). "Plotinus: An Introduction to the Enneads". Oxford University Press.

Wallis, R.T. (1998). "Neoplatonism". Second Edition. Bristol Classical Paperbacks. Hackett Publishing Company.

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Chapters:
00:00 Intro
01:18 Collaboration
02:16 Neoplatonism: a recap
04:16 The beginnings of Neoplatonism in Islam
10:47 Falsafa (Philosophy)
12:19 Ibn Sina (Avicenna)
18:58 The Isma'ilis
22:15 Mysticism & Sufism
27:54 Ibn 'Arabi & Neoplatonism
50:36 Islamic Neoplatonism today
51:22 Summary
55:52 Concluding words