On 'Astronomia': An Arabic Critical Edition and English Translation of Epistle 3
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The Epistles of the Brethren of Purity is an encyclopedic compendium, probably composed in tenth-century Iraq by a society of adepts with Platonic, Pythagorean, and Shi'i tendencies. Its 52 sections ('epistles') are divided into four parts (Mathematics, Natural Philosophy, Sciences of the Soul and Intellect, and Theology). The current volume provides an edition, translation, and notes to Epistle 3 ('On Astronomia'), which forms one of the 14 sections...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0198747373
ISBN13:9780198747376
Release Date:December 2015
Publisher:OUP in Association with the Institute of Isma
Length:368 Pages
Weight:1.60 lbs.
Dimensions:1.0" x 6.2" x 9.3"
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