Nasir al-Din Tusi

Sayeh Meisami is Associate Professor of philosophy at University of Dayton. She has a PhD in Islamic Studies from University of Toronto and a philosophy PhD from Tehran University. She has taught courses on Islamic philosophy and religion in Iran, Canada and USA.

Introduction---A Rising Star in Khurasan---Life and Work in Isma'ili Fortresses---Chapter One: A Warlord's Confidant and Astronomer---Chapter Two: Theoretical Wisdom---Exoteric and Esoteric---Wrestling with the Master's Critics---A Voice of One's Own---The Human Soul, Whence it Comes and Where it Goes---A Logical Philosopher---Master of Exact Sciences---Chapter Three: Practical Wisdom---Ethics---Economics---Politics---A Sufi Gateway---Chapter Four: On Music and Poetry---Chapter Five: Legacy---Chronological Table---Bibliography