On God and the World
An edition of On God and the World (2019)
An Arabic Critical Edition and English Translation of Epistles 49-51
By Wilferd Madelung,Cyril Uy,Carmela Baffioni,Nuha Alshaar
Publish Date
2019
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Language
eng
Pages
400
Description:
This volume presents three of the Epistles of the Brethren of Purity, a monumental work of medieval Islamic learning. Epistle 49 explores the hierarchy of existence; Epistle 50 describes the proper attitudes towards body and soul; Epistle 51 considers the arrangement of the world on numerical principles.
subjects: Ikhwan al-safa', Islamic philosophy, Iran, history, Sources, History, Ikhwān al-Ṣafāʼ