Epistles of the Brethren of Purity : on composition and the arts : an Arabic critical edition and English translation of Epistles 6-8 /

"The 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 Ra...

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Corporate Authors:	Ikhwān al-Ṣafāʼ (Author), Institute of Ismaili Studies
Other Authors:	El-Bizri, Nader (Editor, writer of foreword.), Callataÿ, Godefroid de (Editor)
Format:	Book
Language:	English Arabic
Published:	Oxford : Oxford University Press, in association with the Institute of Ismaili Studies, 2018
Series:	Epistles of the Brethren of Purity
Subjects:	Ikhwān al-Ṣafāʼ. > Rasāʼil Philosophy, Arab > Early works to 1800 Islamic philosophy > Early works to 1800. Early works.