Hamza Yusuf – Suqrat: The Muslim Socrates
Tuesday, December 7, 2021Online lecture
7:30 pm
This talk will explore the Muslim reception of Socrates focusing on the Neo-platonic influence of the Enneads on Muslim mysticism, the translations and commentaries of Plato's Republic, and the wisdom literature that emerged presenting Socrates as a sage.
Prof. Hamza Yusuf is the President of Zaytuna College, a multi-faith academic community in Berkeley, California. His books and translations include The Content of Character: Ethical Sayings of the Prophet Muhammad; The Prayer of the Oppressed; The Creed of Imam al-Tahawi, Purification of the Heart: Signs, Symptoms, and Cures of the Spiritual Diseases of the Heart; and Caesarean Moon Births: Calculations, Moon Sighting, and the Prophetic Way. He is a member of the Supreme Fatwa Counsel serving under his mentor, Shaykh Abdallah b. Bayyah, and serves as vice president for the Forum for Promoting Peace in Muslim Societies, an international initiative which seeks to address the root causes that can lead to radicalism and militancy. He holds licentia docendi in several Islamic subjects, a BA in Religious Studies, and a PhD in North and West African intellectual history.
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