The Ikhwan Al-Safa and Their Rasa'il: An Introduction

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Ikhwan al-Safa' (The Brethren of Purity) were the anonymous adepts of a tenth-century esoteric fraternity of lettered urbanites that was principally based in Basra and Baghdad. This brotherhood occupied a prominent station in the history of science and philosophy in Islam due to the wide reception and assimilation of their monumental encyclopaedia: Rasa'il Ikhwan al-Safa' (The Epistles of the Brethren of Purity). This compendium contained fifty-two...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0199557241

ISBN13:9780199557240

Release Date:February 2009

Publisher:Oxford University Press, USA

Length:326 Pages

Weight:1.50 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 6.5" x 9.3"

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Religion Religion & Spirituality Science Science & Math Science & Scientists Science & Technology

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