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• Cover
• Title Page
• Contents
• Introduction
• 1 Natural Divides (2500 BCE–300 BCE)
• 1 Begin at the beginning?
• 2 Divine instructions
• 3 Gods, kings and theodicies
• 4 Order and sacrifice
• 5 Laws of nature
• 6 Cosmic balance
• 7 One way or another
• 8 Love, actually
• 9 First principles
• 10 The ladder of love
• 11 Big names
• 2 Boundary Crossings (300 BCE–200 CE)
• 1 Persian exports
• 2 Campaign trails
• 3 Supplementary reading
• 4 Philosophical radicals
• 5 Suspending judgement
• 6 One for all and all for one
• 7 Trade embargoes
• 8 All roads lead to . . .
• 9 The Haves and Have-nots
• 3 Assimilation (200 CE–600 CE)
• 1 Old school
• 2 Literary form
• 3 A picture worth a thousand words
• 4 Assimilation
• 5 Systems theory
• 6 Niche carving
• 7 Family matters
• 8 Found in translation
• 9 New world order
• 4 Regimes of Truth (600–1000)
• 1 Islamic expansion
• 2 Science of words
• 3 House of wisdom
• 4 Eternal puzzles
• 5 Medical knowledge
• 6 Group thought
• 7 Revelation
• 8 Self-improvement
• 9 Embodied truths
• 10 Dissolution of categories
• 11 Essential reading
• 12 Theoretical divides
• 13 Christian wisdom
• 5 Balanced States (1000–1450)
• 1 Faith and Reason
• 2 Incoherence
• 3 Cultural hubs
• 4 Rambam
• 5 Nomadic knowledge
• 6 Intellectual inheritance
• 7 Assorted writings
• 8 Conceptions of God
• 9 The Ox
• 10 Mystics
• 11 Differing perspectives
• 6 Open Borders (1450–1850)
• 1 Pressing concerns
• 2 Ecumenical matters
• 3 ‘New’ worlds
• 4 Utopian visions
• 5 Innate ideas
• 6 Liberated reason
• 7 Trans-continental reason
• 8 The New Science
• 9 Poor discipline
• 10 Scientific racism
• 11 Personal property
• 12 Divine logic
• 13 Dutch-Japanese relations
• 14 Resistance
• 15 Intersections
• 16 Historical momentum
• 7 Grand Narratives (1850–2000)
• 1 Making history
• 2 Historical stages
• 3 Civil wars and rights
• 4 Master plans
• 5 New regimes
• 6 Formalities
• 7 Modern times
• 8 Philosophies at war
• 9 Philosophies after war
• 10 No nations?
• 11 Decolonial minds
• 12 Single minded
• 13 Campaigns
• 14 Personal concerns
• 15 Really?
• Conclusion: Possible Futures (2000–)
• Addendum
• Glossary
• Further Reading
• Notes on Names and Translations
• Index
• Picture Credits
• Acknowledgements
• About the Authors
• Credits
• Copyright