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On Life, Death, and Languages
- An Arabic Critical Edition and English Translation of Epistles 29-31
Engelsk Hardback
On Life, Death, and Languages
- An Arabic Critical Edition and English Translation of Epistles 29-31
Engelsk Hardback

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The Ikhwān al-Ṣafāʾ (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 Rasāʾil Ikhwān al-Ṣafāʾ (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 three epistles in this volume are among the most accessible and appealing of the Brethren of Purity''s treatises. In their down-to-earth yet elegant style, they present age-old teachings on three fundamental issues: the nature of death, and what this means for body and soul; the truth about pleasure and pain, both physical and spiritual; and the multiplicity of human languages and their origins, beginning with a discussion of natural and mechanical sounds and proceeding to human speech. Rich with metaphors and illustrative parables, here we find outstanding examples of adab in the Arabic literary tradition, refined and genial philosophical discourses that reveal a high degree of sophistication and considerable literary flair.
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Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
384
ISBN-13:
9780198858140
Indbinding:
Hardback
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ISBN-10:
0198858140
Udg. Dato:
26 mar 2021
Længde:
31mm
Bredde:
165mm
Højde:
241mm
Forlag:
Oxford University Press
Oplagsdato:
26 mar 2021
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