On God and the World
by Wilferd Madelung, Cyril Uy, Carmela Baffioni, Nuha Alshaar
Ikhwan al-safa'Islamic philosophyIran, historySourcesHistoryIkhwān al-Ṣafāʼ
This volume presents three of the Epistles of the Brethren of Purity, a monumental work of medieval Islamic learning. Epistle 49 explores the hierarchy of existence; Epistle 50 describes the proper attitudes towards body and soul; Epistle 51 considers the arrangement of the world on numerical principles.
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