Zaid Ahmad is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy and Civilizational Studies at Universiti Putra Malaysia. He lectures on various subjects in Philosophy, Ethics, Islamic Thought, History and Civilizational Studies. Among his latest publications is 'Epistemology and Human Dimension in Urban Studies', in Urban Issues and Challenges, Kuala Lumpur.

'A highly esteemed piece of work.' - Ghazali Basri, Jawhar, June 2004

• GENERAL INTRODUCTION; Chapter 1 OF THE MUQADDIMA; Chapter 2 MAN AS THINKING ANIMAL; Chapter 3 THE DIVISION OF THE SCIENCES; Chapter 4 The INTELLECTUAL SCIENCES; Chapter 5 SCHOLARSHIP AS A SCIENCE AND PEDAGOGICAL METHOD; Chapter 6 LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE; Chapter 7 CONCLUSIONS AND FINDINGS; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; Index;