The Flying Man

Aristotle, and the Philosophers of the Golden Age of Islam: Their Relevance Today

Professor Akbar Ahmed talks to the reader directly as he seeks to narrate in simple language some of the highly sophisticated complex philosophical points. The book also informs the new generation of readers about facts that, somehow, go unnoticed.

Akbar Ahmed (SE 1964)
June 2021
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