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110 2 $aIkhwān al-Ṣafāʼ,$eauthor.
240 10 $aRasāʼil.$n6-8.$lEnglish
245 10 $aEpistles of the Brethren of Purity :$bOn composition and the arts.$pAn Arabic critical edition and English translation of epistles 6-8 /$cedited and translated by Nader el-Bizri and Godefroid de Callataÿ ; foreword by Nader El-Bizri.
246 30 $aOn composition and the arts :$ban Arabic critical edition and English translation of epistles 6-8
246 15 $6880-01$aRasāʼil Ikhwān al-Ṣafāʼ wa-khullān al-wafāʼ (6-8) :$bal-qism al-awwal fī al-ʻulūm al-riyāḍīyah al-taʻlīmīyah
264 1 $aOxford :$bOxford University Press, in association with the Institute of Ismaili Studies,$c2018.
264 4 $c©2018
300 $axxiii, 189, 154 pages ;$c25 cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
490 1 $aEpistles of the Brethren of Purity
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aEpistle 6: Introduction, English Translation. -- Epistle 7: Introduction, English Translation. -- Epistle 8: Introduction, English Translation -- English Translation. -- Arabic Edition of Rasa-ʼil 6-8.
520 $aThe 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 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. Epistles 6 to 8 are from the first division of the Epistles, on the propaedeutical and mathematical sciences. Epistle 6 develops ideas concerning natural numbers and their arithmetic, geometric, and harmonic ratios, marked by the influence of Nicomachus of Gerasa and of Euclid. The Brethren here emphasize practical applications of proportionality in music, medicine, and alchemy. Epistle 7 addresses theoretical scientific knowledge as directed towards the spiritual realities of souls, the goal of which is to actualize human potential; this epistle also presents a remarkable classification of sciences. Epistle 8 surveys material cultures in the Islamic mediaeval milieu, embellished by a consideration of the effects of the heavenly bodies on the predisposition of individuals to follow specific trades. These three epistles are, of course, underpinned by the Brethren's perennial tropes of the microcosm/macrocosm analogy and the emanative hierarchy of existents.
546 $aIn Arabic and English.
610 20 $6880-02$aIkhwān al-Ṣafāʼ.$tRasāʼil.
630 07 $aRasāʼil (Ikhwān al-Ṣafāʼ)$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01374301
650 0 $aPhilosophy, Arab$vEarly works to 1800.
650 0 $aIslamic philosophy$vEarly works to 1800.
650 7 $aIslamic philosophy.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01730358
650 7 $aPhilosophy, Arab.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01060873
655 7 $aEarly works.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01411636
700 1 $aEl-Bizri, Nader,$eeditor.
700 1 $aCallataÿ, Godefroid de,$eeditor.
710 2 $aInstitute of Ismaili Studies.
710 22 $aIkhwān al-Ṣafāʼ.$tRasāʼil.$n6-8.
830 0 $aEpistles of the Brethren of Purity.
880 15 $6246-01/(3/r$aرسائل اخوان الصفاء و خلان الوفاء (6-8) :$bالقسم الاول في العلوم الرياضية التعليمية
880 $6546-00/(3/r$aبالعربية والانكليزية.
880 20 $6610-02/(3/r$aاخوان الصفاء.$tرسائل.
852 00 $bglx$hB746.A35$iE53 2018