On Ethics And Character Traits Av Omar (the Institute Of Ismaili Studies) Ali-de Unzaga

This volume presents the original Arabic text of Epistle 9 of the Brethren of Purity, with a clear English translation, introduction, and notes. This epistle is a major medieval treatise on ethics and character traits, which drinks from two sources: the Greek tradition, especially Plato, Aristotle, and Galen; and Islamic revelation.¿ Presents the original text with a clear new English translation¿ Includes notes to technical concepts and obscure passages¿ Provides an Introduction to the text, translation and edition¿ The Epistles is a classic work of medieval Islamic learningThe Ikhwan al-Safa'' (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 Rasa ''il Ikhwan al-Safa'' (Epistles of the Brethren of Purity). This compendium contains fifty-two epistles offering synoptic acc

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