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ON GOD AND THE WORLD: AN ARABIC CRITICAL EDITION AND By Wilferd Madelung & Cyril
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- ISBN-10
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- Book Title
- On God and the World: An Arabic Critical Edition and English
- ISBN
- 9780198823339
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Oxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0198823339
ISBN-13
9780198823339
eBay Product ID (ePID)
242714474
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
400 Pages
Publication Name
On God and the World : an Arabic Critical Edition and English Translation of Epistles 49-51
Language
English
Subject
Religious, General, Middle East / Iran
Publication Year
2019
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Philosophy, History
Series
Epistles of the Brethren of Purity Ser.
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.8 in
Item Weight
49.4 Oz
Item Length
9.5 in
Item Width
6.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2019-286707
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
181.0709021
Table Of Content
Technical Introduction to Epistle 49Introduction to Epistle 49Epistle 49: TranslationTechnical Introduction to Epistle 50Introduction to Epistle 50Epistle 50: TranslationTechnical Introduction to Epistle 51Introduction to Epistle 51Epistle 51: TranslationAppendicesBibliographIndexRasa'il 49-51: Arabic EditionArabic Index
Synopsis
The Brethren of Purity, the anonymous adepts of a tenth-century esoteric fraternity based in Basra and Baghdad, hold an eminent position in the history of science and philosophy in Islam due to the wide reception and assimilation of their monumental encyclopaedia, the Epistles of the Brethren of Purity. This compendium contains fifty-two epistles offering synoptic accounts of the classical sciences and philosophies of the age; divided into four classificatory parts, it treats themes in mathematics, logic, natural philosophy, psychology, metaphysics, and theology, in addition to didactic fables. The texts presented here, from the section on divine and legal sciences, work towards the conclusion of the world-view of the Epistles. In Epistle 49, the Brethren of Purity utilize their usual array of sources - Islamic, Hellenic, and far beyond - in probing the entire hierarchy of existence, from the nature of God to the most basic elements. Epistle 50 describes the "proper attitudes" towards body and soul, for the attainment of wellness in this world and the hereafter, before addressing religious and philosophical worship. Finally, in Epistle 51, the Brethren consider the arrangement of the world as a whole, restating the Pythagorean theory that all existents are analogous to numbers, knowledge of the characteristics of which is therefore necessary for understanding the world. In advance of the final epistle, on magic, the vast encyclopedic project thus comes full-circle, directing the reader back to the topic of numbers with which the corpus begins., 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., The Brethren of Purity, the anonymous adepts of a tenth-century esoteric fraternity based in Basra and Baghdad, hold an eminent position in the history of science and philosophy in Islam due to the wide reception and assimilation of their monumental encyclopaedia, the Epistles of the Brethren of Purity. This compendium contains fifty-two epistles offering synoptic accounts of the classical sciences and philosophies of the age; divided into four classificatory parts, it treats themes in mathematics, logic, natural philosophy, psychology, metaphysics, and theology, in addition to didactic fables. The texts presented here, from the section on divine and legal sciences, work towards the conclusion of the world-view of the Epistles. In Epistle 49, the Brethren of Purity utilize their usual array of sources - Islamic, Hellenic, and far beyond - in probing the entire hierarchy of existence, from the nature of God to the most basic elements. Epistle 50 describes the 'proper attitudes' towards body and soul, for the attainment of wellness in this world and the hereafter, before addressing religious and philosophical worship. Finally, in Epistle 51, the Brethren consider the arrangement of the world as a whole, restating the Pythagorean theory that all existents are analogous to numbers, knowledge of the characteristics of which is therefore necessary for understanding the world. In advance of the final epistle, on magic, the vast encyclopedic project thus comes full-circle, directing the reader back to the topic of numbers with which the corpus begins.
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