The Story of Philosophical Thought: a Review

The Story of Philosophical Thought by Dr. Ibrahim Dināni is one of the works which has drawn the attention of the scholars, researchers, and even the critics of philosophical texts. Even if the experts do not accept this book as the history of philosophy, they at least agree that this collection is the history of an analytical philosophy because the writer provides a report of every philosopher’s ideas or philosophical movement along with his own ideas regarding that subject matter. In the present article, the author focuses on the discussed issues of the third volume of the mentioned series and criticizes its general structure. He also reviews the content and expresses the shortcomings of this work. Then with regard to the composition of works like this, he gives some suggestions about certain neglected resources about the philosophical schools afterSadrā.